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ALICE  IN  WONDERLAND 


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Alice:   You're  Humpty  Dumpty!   Just  like  an  egg. 


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'A  fttftmatization  of  £tt»is  Carroll's 

HWs  Hiutntum  intDonitrlanfanli 

"©irottgh  tht  tookiiu^  (Slas$" 

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"She  (?;on6cicTitc  of  S^irah  Piatt" 
"UnqutnthtJ  TirET'a  Gttlt  UJorUlht. 

©hicacro 

a..e.Ac.(2ittrv&eb. 
1915 


Copyright 

A.  C.  McCLURG  &  CO. 

1915 


Published  December,  1915 


Rights  to  produce  this  play  in  all  countries  of  the  world 
are  reserved  by  Alice  Gerstenberg 


W.   F.   HALL  PRINTING  COMPANY,  CHICAGO 


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This  dramatic  rendering  of  Alice  in  Wonderland,  by  Alice  Gerstenberg 
of  Chicago,  was  produced  by  The  Players  Producing  Company  of  Chicago 
(Aline  Barnsdall  and  Arthur  Bissell),  at  the  Fine  Arts  Theater,  Chicago, 
February  ii,  1915.  After  a  successful  run  it  opened  at  the  Booth  Theater, 
New  York,  March  23,  191 5. 

The  scenery  and  the  costumes  were  designed  by  William  Penhallow  Hen- 
derson of  Chicago. 

The  music  was  written  by  Eric  De  Lamarter  of  Chicago. 

The  advertising  posters  and  cards  were  designed  by  Jerome  Blum  of 
Chicago. 

The  illustrations  of  the  characters  of  the  play  in  this  book  were  drawn  by 
J.  Allen  St.  John  from  photographs  by  Victor  Georg  of  Chicago. 

W.  H.  Gilmore  staged  the  play  with  the  following  cast : 


Lewis  Carroll 
Alice 

Red  Queen 
White  Queen 
White  Rabbit 
humpty  dumpty 
Gryphon 
Mock  Turtle 
Mad  Hatter 
March  Hare 
Dormouse   . 
Frog  Footman 
Duchess 
Cheshire  Cat 
King  of  Hearts 
Queen  of  Hearts 
Knave  of  Hearts 
Caterpillar    . 
Two  of  Spades    . 
Five  of  Spades 
Seven  of  Spades 


Frank  Stirling 

Vivian  Tobin 

Florence  LeClercq 

Mary  Servoss 

.  Donald  Gallaher 

Alfred .  Donohoe 

Fred  W.  Permain 

Geoffrey  Stein 

Geoffrey  Stein 

Fred  W.  Permain 

.  J.  Gunnis  Davis 

Walter  Kingsford 

Kenyon  Bishop 

Alfred  Donohoe 

Frederick  Annerly 

Winifred  Hanley 

Foxhall  Daingerfield 

Walter  Kingsford 

Rule  Pyott 

France  Bendtsen 

John  A.  Rice 


Alice  in  Wonderland 


THE  SCENES 


ACT  I 


Scene      I  —  Alice's  Home. 

Scene    II  —  The  Room  in  the  Looking  Glass. 

Scene  III  —  The  Hall  with  Doors. 

Scene  IV  —  The  Sea  Shore. 


ACT  II 

Scene The  March  Hare's  Garden. 


ACT  III 

Scene      I  — ^  The  Garden  of  Flowers. 
Scene    II  —  The  Court  of  Hearts. 
Scene  III  —  Alice's  Home. 

Miss  Gerstenberg's  manuscript  called  for  costumes  after  the  illustrations 
of  John  Tenniel,  and  scenery  of  the  simple  imaginative  type,  the  "  new  art  " 
in  the  theater. 


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ACT  I 
SCENE  ONE 

Alice's  home.  Lewis  Carroll  is  discovered,  playing  chess. 
Golden-haired  ALICE,  in  a  little  blue  dress,  a  black  kitten 
in  her  arms,  stands  watching  him. 

Alice 
That's  a  funny  game,  uncle.    What  did  you  do  then? 

Carroll 

A  red  pawn  took  a  white  pawn ;  this  way.  You  see,  Alice,  the 
chessboard  is  divided  into  sixty-four  squares,  red  and  white, 
and  the  white  army  tries  to  win  and  the  red  army  tries  to  win. 
It's  like  a  battle! 


With  soldiers? 


Alice 


Carroll 


Yes,  here  are  the  Kings  and  Queens  they  are  fighting  for. 
That's  the  Red  Queen  and  here's  the  White  Queen. 

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How  funny  they  lookl 

Carroll 
See  the  crowns  on  their  heads,  and  look  at  their  big  feet. 

Alice 

It's  a  foot  apiece,  that's  what  it  is!    Do  they  hump  along  like 
this? 

Carroll 

Here!    You're  spoiling  the  game.     I  must  keep  them  all  in 
their  right  squares. 


Alice 


I  want  to  be  a  queen ! 


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Carroll 

Here  you  are  \^he  points  to  a  small  white  pawnl  here  you 
are  in  your  little  stiff  skirt! 


How  do  you  do,  Alice! 


Alice 


Carroll 


And  now  you  are  going  to  move  here. 

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?«/''   Let  me  move  myself. 


Carroll 

When  you  have  traveled  all  along  the  board  this  way  and 
haven't  been  taken  by  the  enemy  you  may  be  a  queen. 

Alice 

Why  do  people  always  play  with  kings  and  queens?  Mother 
has  them  in  her  playing  cards  too.    Look! 

[Alice  goes  to  the  mantel  and  takes  a  pack  of  playing  cards 
from  the  ledge.~\ 

Here's  the  King  of  Hearts  and  here's  his  wife;  she's  the  Queen 
of  Hearts  —  isn't  she  cross-looking?  wants  to  bite  one's  head 
off. 

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You're  playing  against  yourself,  aren't  you? 

Carroll 

That's  one  way  of  keeping  in  practice,  Alice;  I  have  friends 
in  the  university  who  want  to  beat  me. 

Alice 

But  if  you  play  against  yourself  I  should  think  you'd  want  to 
cheat! 

Carroll 

Does  a  nice  little  girl  like  you  cheat  when  she  plays  against 
herself? 


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Alice 

Oh!  I  never  do!  I'd  scold  myself  hard.  I  always  pretend  Fm 
two  people  too.  It's  lots  of  fun,  isn't  it?  Sometimes  when 
I'm  all  alone  I  walk  up  to  the  looking  glass  and  talk  to  the 
other  Alice.  She's  so  silly,  that  Alice;  she  can't  do  anything 
by  herself.  She  just  mocks  me  all  the  time.  When  I  laugh, 
she  laughs,  when  I  point  my  finger  at  her,  she  points  her  finger 
at  me,  and  when  I  stick  my  tongue  out  at  her  she  sticks  her 
tongue  out  at  me!  Kitty  has  a  twin  too,  haven't  you  darling? 
[Alice  goes  to  the  mirror  to  show  Kitty  her  twin.~\ 

Carroll 

I'll  have  to  write  a  book  some  day  about  Alice  —  Alice  in 
wonderland,  "  Child  of  the  pure  unclouded  brow  and  dream- 
ing eyes  of  wonder!  "  or,  Alice  through  the  looking  glass! 

Alice  , 

Don't  you  wish  sometimes  you  could  go  into  looking-glass 
house?    See! 

[Alice  stands  on  an  armchair  and  looks  into  the  mirror.^ 
There's  the  room  you  can  see  through  the  glass ;  it's  just  the 
same  as  our  living-room  here,  only  the  things  go  the  other  way. 
I  can  see  all  of  it  —  all  but  the  bit  just  behind  the  fireplace. 
Oh!  I  do  wish  I  could  see  that  bit!  I  want  so  much  to  know 
if  they've  a  fire  there.  You  never  can  tell,  you  know,  unless 
our  fire  smokes.  Then  smoke  comes  up  in  that  room  too  — 
but  that  may  be  just  to  make  it  look  as  if  they  had  a  fire  —  just 
to  pretend  they  had.    The  books  are  something  like  our  books, 

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Carroll 
Do  you  think  Kitty  would  find  looking-glass  milk  digestible? 

Alice 

It  doesn't  sound  awful  good,  does  it;  but  I  might  leave  her  at 
home.  She's  been  into  an  awful  lot  of  mischief  today.  She 
found  sister's  knitting  and  chased  the  ball  all  over  the  garden 
where  sister  was  playing  croquet  with  the  neighbors.    And  I 

:,     ran  and  ran  after  the  naughty  little  thing  until  I  was  all  out 

i     of  breath  and  so  tired!    I  am  tired. 

[She  yawns  and  makes  herself  comfortable  in  the  arm- 
chair.^ 

Carroll 

^Xeplaces  the  playing  cards  on  the  mantel  and  consults  his 
watch.] 
Take  a  nap.    Yes,  you  have  time  before  tea. 

Alice 
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We're  going  to  have  mock  turtle  soup  for  supper!    I  heard 
mamma  tell  the  cook  not  to  pepper  it  too  much. 

Carroll 

What  a  funny  little  rabbit  it  is,  nibbling  all  the  time! 

[He  leans  gently  over  the  back  of  her  chair,  and  seeing 

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that  she  is  going  to  sleep  puts  out  the  lamp  light  and  leaves 
the  room.    A  red  glow  from  the  fireplace  illumines  ALICE.] 
\^Dream   music.     A  bluish   light  reveals  the  RED  CHESS 

Queen  and  the  White  Chess  Queen  in  the  mirror.^ 

Red  Queen 

[Points  to  Alice  and  says  in  a  mysterious  voice.^ 
There  she  is,  let's  call  her  over. 

White  Queen 
Do  you  think  she'll  come? 


ril  call  softly,  Alice  1 
Hist,  Alice. 
Alice  1 


Red  Queen 

White  Queen 
Red  Queen 


White  Queen 
Hush  —  if  she  wakes  and  catches  us  — 

Both  Queens 

Alice,  come  through  into  looking-glass  house 
[Their  hands  beckon  her.~\ 

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[Rises^  and  talks  sleepily.     The  Queens  disappear.    ALICE    *\^i 
climbs  from  the  arm  of  the  chair  to  the  back  of  another  and  so 
on  up  to  the  mantel  ledge,  where  she  picks  her  way  daintily 
between  the  vases. ~\ 

T  —  don't  —  know  —  how  —  I  —  can  —  get  —  through.  I've 
tried  —  before  —  but  the  glass  was  hard  —  and  I  was  afraid 
of  cutting  —  my  fingers  — 

[^She  feels  the  glass  and  is  amazed  to  find  it  like  gauze.^ 
Why,  it's  soft  like  gauze;  it's  turning  into  a  sort  of  mist;  why, 
it's  easy  to  get  through!    Why  —  why  —  I'm  going  through/ 

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SCENE  TWO 

[Is  Scene  One,  reversed.  The  portieres  are  black  and  red 
squares  like  a  chessboard.  A  soft  radiance  follows  the  char- 
acters mysteriously.  As  the  curtain  rises  ALICE  comes 
through  the  looking  glass;  steps  down,  looks  about  in 
wonderment  and  goes  to  see  if  there  is  a  ''  fire."  The  RED 
Queen  rises  out  of  the  grate  and  faces  her  haughtily .^ 

AUCE 
Why,  you're  the  Red  Queen! 

Red  Queen 

Of  course  I  am!    Where  do  you  come  from?    And  where  are 
you  going?     Look  up,  speak  nicely,  and  don't  twiddle  your 


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Alice 

I  only  wanted  to  see  what  the  looking  glass  was  like.    Perhaps     \ 
I've  lost  my  way. 

Red  Queen 

I  don't  know  what  you  mean  by  your  way;  all  the  ways  about 
here  belong  to  me.  Curtsey  while  you're  thinking  what  to  say. 
It  saves  time. 

Alice 

I'll  try  it  when  I  go  home;  the  next  time  I'm  a  little  late  for 
dinner. 


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Red  Queen 

It's  time  for  you  to  answer  now;  open  your  mouth  a  little 
wider  when  you  speak,  and  always  say,  ^'  Your  Majesty."  I 
suppose  you  don't  want  to  lose  your  name? 


No,  indeed. 


Alice 


Red  Queen 


And  yet  I  don't  know,  only  think  how  convenient  it  would  be 
if  you  could  manage  to  go  home  without  it!  For  instance,  if 
the  governess  wanted  to  call  you  to  your  lessons,  she  would 
call  out  ^'  come  here,"  and  there  she  would  have  to  leave  off, 
because  there  wouldn't  be  any  name  for  her  to  call,  and  of 
course  you  wouldn't  have  to  go,  you  know. 


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That  would  never  do,  I'm  sure;  the  governess  would  never 
Wm  think  of  excusing  me  from  lessons  for  that.  If  she  couldn't 
Mi\      remember  my  name,  she'd  call  me  '^  Miss,"  as  the  servants  do. 

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Well,  if  she  said  "  Miss,"  and  didn't  say  anything  more,  of 
course  you'd  miss  your  lessons.  I  dare  say  you  can't  even  read 
this  book. 

Alice 

It's  all  in  some  language  I  don't  know.  Why,  it's  a  looking- 
glass  book,  of  course!  And  if  I  hold  it  up  to  a  glass,  the  words 
will  all  go  the  right  way  again. 

Jabberwocky 

'Twas  brillig,  and  the  slithy  toves 
Did  gyre  and  gimble  in  the  wabe; 

All  mimsy  were  the  borogoves, 
And  the  mome  raths  outgrabe. 

It  seems  very  pretty,  but  it's  rather  hard  to  understand; 
somehow  it  seems  to  fill  my  head  with  ideas  —  only  I  don't 
exactly  know  what  they  are. 


Red  Queen 

I  daresay  you  don't  know  your  geography  either, 
the  map! 

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Alice 

It's  marked  out  just  like  a  big  chessboard.  I  wouldn't  mind 
being  a  pawn,  though  of  course  I  should  like  to  be  a  Red 
Queen  best. 

Red  Queen 

That's  easily  managed.  When  you  get  to  the  eighth  square 
you'll  be  a  Queen.  It's  a  huge  game  of  chess  that's  being 
played  —  all  over  the  world.  Come  on,  we've  got  to  run. 
Faster,  don't  try  to  talk. 


I  can't. 


Fasten  faster. 


Are  we  nearly  there? 


Alice 


Red  Queen 


Alice 


Red  Queen 

Nearly  there!    Why,  we  passed  it  ten  minutes  ago.     Faster. 
You  may  rest  a  little  now. 

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Why,  I  do  believe  we're  in  the  same  place, 
as  it  was. 


Everything's  just 


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Alice 

Well,  in  our  country  you'd  generally  get  to  somewhere  else  — 
if  you  ran  very  fast  for  a  long  time  as  we've  been  doing. 

Red  Queen 

A  slow  sort  of  country.  Now  here  you  see,  it  takes  all  the 
running  you  can  do,  to  keep  in  the  same  place.  If  you  want 
to  get  somewhere  else,  you  must  run  at  least  twice  as  fast  as 
that. 

Alice 

I'd  rather  not  try,  please!  I'm  quite  content  to  stay  here  — 
only  I  am  so  hot  and  thirsty. 

Red  Queen 

I  know  what  you'd  like. 

l^She  takes  a  little  box  out  of  her  pocket.^ 
Have  a  biscuit? 

[Alice,  not  liking  to  refuse,  curtseys  as  she  takes  the  biscuit 
and  chokes.^ 

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ments. 

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Alice 
No  thank  you,  one's  ^w//^  enough. 

Red  Queen 

Thirst  quenched,  I  hope?  At  the  end  of  three  yards  I  shall 
repeat  them  —  for  fear  of  your  forgetting  them.  At  the  end 
of  four,  I  shall  say  good-bye.  And  at  the  end  of  five,  I  shall 
go!  That  Square  belongs  to  Humpty  Dumpty  and  that 
Square  to  the  Gryphon  and  Mock  Turtle  and  that  Square  to 
the  Queen  of  Hearts.     But  you  make  no  remark? 


Alice 
I  —  I  didn't  know  I  had  to  make  one 


just  then. 


Red  Queen 

You  should  have  said,  "  It's  extremely  kind  of  you  to  tell 
me  all  this,"  however,  we'll  suppose  it  said.  Four!  Good- 
bye !    Five ! 

[Red  Queen  vanishes  in  a  gust  of  wind  behind  the  por- 
tieres. Rabbit  music.  WHITE  RABBIT  comes  out  of  the  fire- 
place and  walks  about  the  room  hurriedly.  He  wears  a 
checked  coat,  carries  white  kid  gloves  in  one  hand,  a  fan  in 
the  other  and  takes  out  his  watch  to  look  at  it  anxiously.^ 

White  Rabbit 

Oh  the  Duchess!  the  Duchess!  Oh!  won't  she  be  savage  if 
I've  kept  her  waiting! 

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IVe  never  seen  a  rabbit  with  a  waistcoat  and  a  watch!     And 
a  waistcoat  pocket!     If  you  please,  sir  — 


White  Rabbit 


Oh! 


[He  drops  fan  and  gloves  in  fright  and  dashes  out  by 
way  of  the  portieres  in  a  gust  of  wind.  ALICE  picks  up  the 
fan  and  playfully  puts  on  the  gloves.  The  portieres  flap  in  the 
breeze  and  a  shawl  flies  /w.] 

Alice 

[Catches  the  shawl  and  looks  about  for  the  owner;  then 
meets  the  WHITE  QUEEN.] 
I'm  very  glad  I  happened  to  be  in  the  way. 

White  Queen 

[Runs  in  wildly,  both  arms  stretched  out  wide  as  if  she 
were  flying,  and  cries  in  a  helpless  frightened  way,~\ 
Bread-and-butter,  bread-and-butter. 

Alice 
Am  I  addressing  the  White  Queen? 

White  Queen 

Well,  yes,  if  you  call  that  a-dressing.     It  isn't  my  notion  of 
the  thing,  at  all. 


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ril  do  it  as  well  as  I  can. 

White  Queen 


But  I  don't  want  it  done  at  all. 
for  the  last  two  hours. 


I've  been  a-dressing  myself      ^^| 


Alice 

Every  single  thing's  crooked,  and  you're  all  over  pins;  may 
I  put  your  shawl  straight  for  you? 

White  Queen 

I  don't  know  what's  the  matter  with  it!  It's  out  of  temper. 
I've  pinned  it  here,  and  I've  pinned  it  there,  but  there's  no 
pleasing  it. 

Alice 

It  can't  go  straight,  you  know,  if  you  pin  it  all  on  one  side, 
and  dear  me,  what  a  state  your  hair  is  in! 

White  Queen 

The  brush  has  got  entangled  in  it!  And  I  lost  the  comb 
yesterday. 

Alice 


[Takes  out  the  brush  and  arranges  the  QueEN'S  hair.l^     You 
look  better  now!     But  really  you  should  have  a  lady's  maid! 

[IS] 


3ilict  in  caonDerlanD        '^' 


White  Queen 


fe« 


i 
i 


I'm  sure  I'll  take  you  with  pleasure.    Two  pence  a  week  and 
jam  every  other  day. 


Alice 


tek 


\_PVho  cannot  help  laughing.^ 
I  don't  want  you  to  hire  me  —  and  I  don't  care  for  jam. 

White  Queen 
It's  very  good  jam. 

Alice 
Well,  I  don't  want  any  today,  at  any  rate. 

White  Queen 

You  couldn't  have  it  if  you  did  want  it.     The  rule  is,  jam 
tomorrow  and  jam  yesterday  —  but  never  jam  today. 

Alice 
It  must  come  sometimes  to  ^'  jam  today." 

White  Queen 

No,  it  can't,  it's  jam  every  other  day;  today  isn't  any  other 
day,  you  know. 

Alice 

I  don't  understand  you,  it's  dreadfully  confusing! 

[i6] 


i 
PI 

i! 

Ji 
Hi 

i 

i 


m 


WW 

Mr 


m 

m 

i 

r 


^ 


White  Queen 

That's  the  effect  of  living  backwards,  it  always  makes  one  a 
little  giddy  at  first 

Alice 

Living  backwards!    I  never  heard  of  such  a  thing! 

White  Queen 

But  there's  one  great  advantage  in  it  —  that  one's  memory 
works  both  ways. 

Alice 

I'm  sure  mine  only  works  one  way.    I  can't  remember  things 
before  they  happen. 

White  Queen 
It's  a  poor  sort  of  memory  that  only  works  backwards. 

Alice 
What  sort  of  things  do  you  remember  best? 

White  Queen 

Oh,  things  that  happened  the  week  after  next.     For  instance 

now: 

[She  sticks  a  large  piece  of  plaster  on  her  finger.] 

There's  the  King's  messenger  —  he's  in  prison  being  punished ; 
jpj  and  the  trial  doesn't  even  begin  till  next  Wednesday;  and  of 
!N!      course  the  crime  comes  last  of  all. 

ill 


I 


%, 

jgi 


li 


p 


Hi 

m 

m 

I 


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m 

ii 
ii 

N 

pi 

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hi 


II 


I 


Alice 
Suppose  he  never  commits  the  crime? 

White  Queen 

[Binding  the  plaster  with  ribbon.^ 
That  would  be  all  the  better,  wouldn't  it? 

Alice 

Of  course  it  would  be  all  the  better,  but  it  wouldn't  be  all 
the  better  his  being  punished. 

White  Queen 
You're  wrong  there,  at  any  rate;  were  you  ever  punished? 

Alice 
Only  for  faults. 

White  Queen 
And  you  were  all  the  better  for  it,  I  know! 

Alice 

Yes,  but  then  I  had  done  the  things  I  was  punished  for;  that 
makes  all  the  difference. 


'p. 
p 

P 


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ii 


pi 


White  Queen 

But  if  you  hadn't  done  them  that  would  have  been  better  still; 
better  and  better  and  better! 

Ci8] 

gg i.l!  >.'■'. ; t  U.'.IUj J.'.  '■!  I  LL:jj.lJ.ULyfc 


I 

m 
m 


(.■■■■■{ 


P^i^^^y^  '  aiice  in  Mlor 


iEOonSetlanD 


Alice 
There's  a  mistake  somewhere  — 

White  Queen 

[Screams  like  an  engine  whistle,  and  shakes  her  hand.] 
Oh,  Oh,  Oh!  My  finger's  bleeding.  Oh,  Oh,  Oh! 

Alice 
What  is  the  matter?    Have  you  pricked  your  finger? 

White  Queen 
I  haven't  pricked  it  yet  —  but  I  soon  shall  —  Oh,  Oh,  Oh! 

Alice 
When  do  you  expect  to  do  it? 

White  Queen 
When  I  fasten  my  shawl  again ;  the  brooch  will  come  undone 
directly.    Oh,  Oh! 

[Brooch  flies  open  and  she  clutches  it  wildly.] 

Alice 
Take  care!  you're  holding  it  all  crooked! 

White  Queen 

[Pricks  her  finger  and  smiles.] 
That  accounts  for  the  bleeding,  you  see;  now  you  understand 
the  way  things  happen  here. 

[19] 


I 

P 


i 
II 
II 
I 
B 

h 

'1 


d! 


§&r      But  why  don't  you  scream  now? 


m 

I 

W — • ! 

m 


S 


White  Queen 

Why,  IVe  done  all  the  screaming  already.  What  would  be 
the  good  of  having  it  all  over  again?  Oh!  it's  time  to  run  if 
you  want  to  stay  in  the  same  place!     Come  on! 

[20] 


^;'Mi'>^'"','«''"*;«i^"^ 

li-<JAil!L!jju«.'.'.'>;i.'.'.'.!i« 


^mj^m^mam 


I 

I 

m 

lt.v! 
fa 

p 

m 

lf-:-;:^l 

-^ 


SLUtt  in  monl^ttlant^ 


Wm 


I 

•  V'JJi 


^ 


i 


M 


I 

I 
1 


Alice 


Wilf    No,  no!    Not  so  fast!     I'm  getting  dizzy  1 1 


Faster,  faster! 


White  Queen 


Alice 


Everything's  black  before  my  eyes! 

[There  is  music,  and  the  sound  of  rushing  wind,  and  in  the 
darkness  the  WHITE  QUEEN  cries:  ''  Faster,  faster  " ;  ALICE 
gasps:  ''I  can't  —  please  stop";  and  the  QUEEN  replies: 
^^  Then  you  canU  stay  in  the  same  place.  Fll  have  to  drop  you 
behind.    Faster  —  faster,  good-bye.''^ 


SCENE  THREE 

When  the  curtain  rises  one  sees  nothing  but  odd  black  lanterns 
with  orange  lights,  hanging,  presumably,  from  the  sky. 
The  scene  lights  up  slowly  revealing  ALICE  seated  on  two 
large  cushions.  She  has  been  ''  dropped  behind  "  by  the 
White  Queen  and  is  dazed  to  find  herself  in  a  strange  hall 
with  many  peculiar  doors  and  knobs  too  high  to  reach. 

Alice 

Oh!  my  head!    Where  am  I?    Oh  dear,  Oh  dear! 

\She   staggers    up    and   to    her   amazement   finds    herself 
smaller  than  the  table.] 

[21] 


^=ifif»i?;^5^^ 


Zliu  in  ^onDetlanD 


i 

i 


s 


■3 


11 

il 
I 

I 


■ 

ii 
ii 

A, 


I've  never  been  smaller  than  any  table  before!  I've  alw^ays 
been  able  to  reach  the  knobs!  What  a  curious  feeling.  Oh! 
Vm  shrinking.     It's  the  fan  —  the  gloves! 

[She   throws   them   away,   feels   her  head  and   measures 
herself  against  table  and  doors.^ 
Ohl  saved  in  time!    But  I  never  —  never  — 

White  Rabbit 
Ohl  my  fan  and  gloves!    Where  are  my  — 

Alice 

Oh !  Mr.  Rabbit  —  please  help  me  out  —  I  want  to  go  home  — 
I  w^ant  to  go  home  — 

White  Rabbit 

Oh!  the  Duchess!  Oh!  my  fur  and  whiskers!  She'll  get  me 
executed,  as  sure  as  ferrets  are  ferrets!    Oh!  you  have  them! 

AUCE 
I'm  sorry  —  you  dropped  them,  you  know  — 

White  Rabbit 

[Picks  up  fan  and  gloves  and  patters  off.'\ 
She'll  chop  off  your  head! 


If  you  please  sir- 
me  how  to  get  out 


Auce 

where  am  I?  —  won't 
-  I  want  to  get  out  — 

[22] 


m 


f 


m 


you  please  —  tell      \^ 


^^y^'^'  aHce  in  monoctlano  '^^^^^^^^ 


...» 

r-v 
f.:: 


1 
i 


i 

!i 

{a; 


White  Rabbit 

[^Looking  at  his  watch.~\ 
Oh  I  my  ears  and  whiskers,  how  late  it's  getting. 

[A  trap  door  gives  way  and  RABBIT  disappears.  ALICE 
dashes  after  only  in  time  to  have  the  trap  door  bang  in  her 
face.~\ 

Alice 

[Amazed.] 
It's  a  rabbit-hole  —  Fm  small  enough  to  fit  it  tool  If  I  shrink 
any  more  it  might  end  in  my  going  out  altogether  like  a 
candle.  I  wonder  what  I  would  be  like  then!  What  does 
the  flame  of  a  candle  look  like  after  the  candle  is  blown  out? 
I've  never  seen  such  a  thing! 

HUMPTY   DUMPTY 

[Sits  on  the  wall.] 
Don't  stand  chattering  to  yourself  like  that,  but  tell  me  your 
name  and  your  business. 

Alice 
My  name  is  Alice,  but  — 

HUMPTY   DUMPTY 
It's  a  stupid  name  enough,  what  does  it  mean? 

Alice 
Must  a  name  mean  something? 


111 
Pi 

I 

m 


•.-.J ; 
♦••-I  I 


I! 

Pi 

I 

|-")5 

I 
I 


ri 


m 


:-i::i£& 


aitce  in  SOonDetlanD 


S 


m 


i 


^l! 


a 


i 


HUMPTY   DUMPTY 

Of  course  it  must;  my  name  means  the  shape  I  am  —  and  a 
good,  handsome  shape  it  is,  too.  With  a  name  like  yours, 
you  might  be  any  shape,  almost. 

Alice 
You're  Humpty  Dumpty!    Just  like  an  t,gg. 

HuMPTY  Dumpty 
It's  very  provoking,  to  be  called  an  tg^  —  very. 

Alice 

I  said  you  looked  like  an  tgg^  Sir,  and  some  eggs  are  very 
pretty,  you  know. 

Humpty  Dumpty 
Some  peopie  have  no  more  sense  than  a  baby. 

Alice 
Why  do  you  sit  here  all  alone? 

Humpty  Dumpty 

Why,  because  there's  nobody  with  me.  Did  you  think  I  didn't 
know  the  answer  to  that?    Ask  another. 

Alice 

Don't  you  think  you'd  be  safer  down  on  the  ground?  That 
wall's  so  very  narrow. 

[24] 


m 


:::u*.r.::-.::si'/j 


w^ 

^ 


HUMPTY  DUMPTY 


!;;;®     What  tremendously  easy  riddles  you  ask  I    Of  course  I  don't 

it 


til 

m 

I 


If 


N 


think  so.  Take  a  good  look  at  me!  Fm  one  that  has  spoken 
to  a  king,  I  am;  to  show  you  Fm  not  proud,  you  may  shake 
hands  with  me! 

[He  leans  forward  to  offer  AlJCE  his  hand  but  she  is  toa      >M}, 
small  to  reach  it.^  j|p,< 

However,  this  conversation  is  going  on  a  little  too  fast;  let's      jfo^j 
go  back  to  the  last  remark  but  one.  p^; 


Alice 
I'm  afraid  I  can't  remember  it. 

HUMPTY   DUMPTY 
In  that  case  we  start  fresh,  and  it's  my  turn  to  choose  a  subject. 

Alice  ^ 

You  talk  about  it  just  as  if  it  were  a  game. 

HUMPTY   DUMPTY 
So  here's  a  question  for  you.    How  old  did  you  say  you  were? 

Alice 
Seven  years  and  six  months. 

HUMPTY  DUMPTY 


^M      Wrong!    You  never  said  a  word  about  it.    Now  if  you'd  asked 
i[^||      my  advice,  I'd  have  said,  "  Leave  off  at  seven  —  but  — '' 

!i  [25] 

!^?li. 

f\'.ii'.ij'-!iii':..n>'!':.«»";!i;.i«M? 


aUce  in  iCQonOetlanQ 


w 


m 


m 

I 

m 
I 

if 


Alice 
I  never  ask  advice  about  growing. 

HUMPTY   DUMPTY 
Too  proud? 

Alice 


When  I  use  a  word,  it  means  just  what  I  choose  it  to  mean 
neither  more  nor  less. 

[26] 


What  a  beautiful  belt  youVe  got  on.     At  least,  a  beautiful 
cravat,  I  should  have  said  —  no,  a  belt,  I  mean  —  I  beg  your     fei 
pardon.    If  only  I  knew  which  was  neck  and  which  was  waist. 

HUMPTY   DUMPTY 

It  is  a  —  most  —  provoking  —  thing,  when  a  person  doesn't 
know  a  cravat  from  a  belt. 


Alice 

I  know  it's  very  ignorant  of  me. 

HUMPTY   DUMPTY 

It's  a  cravat,  child,  and  a  beautiful  one,  as  you  say.    There's 
glory  for  you. 

Alice 
I  don't  know  what  you  mean  by  "  glory." 

HUMPTY   DUMPTY 


0 

Mi 


J?s 


In  ^(Etonoetlanii 


?:i 


jr- 


Alice 

The  question  is,  whether  you  can  make  words  mean  different 
things. 

HUMPTY   DUMPTY 

The  question  is,  which  is  to  be  master  —  that's  all.  Impen- 
etrability!   That's  what  I  say! 

Alice 
Would  you  tell  me,  please,  what  that. means? 

HUMPTY   DUMPTY 

I  meant  by  "  impenetrability  "  that  we've  had  enough  of  that 
subject,  and  it  would  be  just  as  well  if  you'd  mention  what 
you  mean  to  do  next,  as  I  suppose  you  don't  mean  to  stop  here 
all  the  rest  of  your  life. 

Alice 
That's  a  great  deal  to  make  one  word  mean. 

HUMPTY   DUMPTY- 

^M     When  I  make  a  word  do  a  lot  of  work  like  that  I  always  pay 
^i     it  extra. 

I 

:v^i  Alice 

Oh! 


i 


i 


m 


ii 


I 

m 

i 
I 


...~«..,^*-./».-., 


5^»«r'*?' 


aiice  in  KBonDetlanD 


^^^^Mi.'ili':^^  ^"C^  in  (L^Liunu^rmnu  f; 


B 


la 


m 


HUMPTY   DUMPTY 


Ah,  you  should  see  'em  come  round  me  of  a  Saturday  night,     'Mj(i 
for  to  get  their  wages,  you  know.    That's  all  —  Good-bye. 


Alice 
Good-bye  till  we  meet  again. 

HUMPTY   DUMPTY 

I  shouldn't  know  you  again,  if  we  did  meet,  you're  so  exaqtly 
like  otner  people. 

Alice 

The  face  is  what  one  goes  by,  generally. 

HUMPTY   DUMPTY 

That's  just  what  I  complain  of.  Your  face  is  the  same  as 
everybody  has  —  the  two  eyes  —  so  —  nose  in  the  middle, 
mouth  under.  It's  always  the  same.  Now  if  you  had  the  two 
eyes  on  the  same  side  of  the  nose,  for  instance  —  or  the  mouth 
at  the  top  —  that  would  be  some  help. 


Alice 


It  wouldn't  look  nice. 


HUMPTY  DUMPTY 

Wait  till  you've  tried!     Good-bye. 
\^He  disappears  as  he  came.~\ 

[28] 


m 
^ 


m 
^ 


'4 


>3 


11 


ii 
■ii 

!fe3l 


mm 


aiice  in  COonDerlanD 


W!^ 


wm 
W 

m 


m 

i 

Ik 

ill 

I 
\m 

i 


Alice 


Oh !    I  forgot  to  ask  him  how  to — 

[She  tries  to  open  the  doors.  They  are  all  locked;  she 
begins  to  weep.  She  walks  weeping  to  a  high  glass  table  and 
sits  down  on  its  lower  ledge.  She  sits  on  a  big  golden  key  and 
picks  it  up  in  surprise.  She  tries  it  on  all  the  doors  but  it 
does  not  fit.  She  weeps  and  weeps  —  and  Wonderland  grows 
dark  to  her  in  her  despair.  In  the  darkness  she  cries,  '^  Oh! 
Fm  slipping!  Oh,  Oh!  it's  a  lake;  Oh!  my  tears!  Fm  float- 
ing! ''  A  mysterious  light  shows  a  **  Drink  me  '^  sign  around 
a  bottle  on  the  top  of  the  table.  ALICE  floats  up  to  it  panting, 
and  holding  on  to  the  edge  of  the  table  takes  up  the  bottle. A^ 

Alice 
It  isn't  marked  poison. 

[She  sips  at  //•] 
This  is  good!     Tastes  like  cherry  tart,  custard,  pineapple, 
roast  turkey,  toffy  and  hot  buttered  toast —  all  together.    Oh! 
Oh!    I'm  letting  out  like  a  telescope. 

[A  mysterious  light  shows  her  lengthening  out.^ 

[Music.'] 
But  the  lake  is  rising  too.    Oh!  Oh!  it's  deep!    I'm  drowning. 
Help,  help,  I'm  drowning,  I'm  drowning  in  my  tears! 

Gryphon 
Hjckrrh.    Hjckrrh! 

[The  Gryphon^  a  huge  green  creature  with  big  glittering 
wings,  appears  where  HUMPTY  DUMPTY  had  been  and  reaches 
glittering  claws  over  to  grab  and  save  ALICE.] 

[29] 


II 


iii 

(•••■•!i 

11 


il 

U 

fe"'S 

ihi 


m 


'Hi 

i 
I 


m 


I 


Pi 

if 


Ik 


/j  symbolic  of  a  wet  and  rocky  shore  in, a  weird  green  light. 
The  Mock  Turtle  is  weeping  dismally, 

^  Gryphon  * . 

Hjckrrh.     Hjckrrh.    Hjckrrh. 

i^  Mock  Turtle 

[Answers  with  his  weeping.] 

^  '  Gryphon 

[Drags  ALICE /i^.] 
Drop  your  tears  into  the  sea  with  his. 


Alice 

^' 

He  sobs  as  if  he  had- a  bone  in  his  throat, 
heart  would  break.     W|iat  is  his  sorrow? 

^  Mock  Turtle 
Oh,  Gryphon,  it's  terrible! 

Gryphon 


He  sighs  as  if  his 


I 


m 


m 
ii 

m 

if—..;  I 


It's  all  his  fancy  that.     Mock  Turtle  hasn't  got  no  sorrow^;^c- iptf"' 
This  here  young  lady,  she  wants  for  to  know  your  history,       i|3/ 
she  do. 


[30] 


III 


^1 


aiice  in  (DQonOetlanD 


Mock  Turtle 


Sj- 


a 


When  we  were  little,  we  went  to  school  in  the  ^ea.    The  master 
was  an  old  Turtle : —  we  used  to  call  him  tortoise  — 

Alice 
Why  did  you  call  him  Tortoise,  if  he  wasn't  one? 

Mock  Turtle 


^1i      We  called  him  Tortoise  because  he  taught  us;  really  you  are 
^^1      very  dull. 

Gryphon 


m 

jjvv^j      You  ought  to  be  ashamed  of  yourself  for  asking  such  a  simple 
ia      question.^    Drive  on,  old  fellow!     Don't  be  all  day  about  it! 

[31]  ■ 


/wM     111  tell  it  her.    Sit  down  both  of  you,  and  don't  speak  a  word      fl 
I    \m      till  I've  finished.  '      •  " 

m 

f^'-^'don't  see  how  you  can  ever  finish,  if  you  don't  b^gin^   ' 

Mock  "Turtle    . 

Once^I  was  a  real  Turtle. 

\_A    long    silence    is    broken    only    by    the    exclamations, 
"  Hjckrrk,"  of  the  GRYPHON  and  the  heavy  sobbing  of  the 

Mock  Turtle^] 

Mock  Turtle 


m 

I 
I 

pi 


m. 


/. 


-^ 


1:— i» 


m 

•  •"•Tl 


^'^ 


aiice  in  COouDetlattD 


[ii 


SI 


P 


Mock  Turtle 
Yes,  we  went  to  school  in  the  sea,  tho'  you  mayn't  believe  it 

Alice 


'1 


I  never  said  I  didn't. 


You  did. 


Hold  your  tongue! 


Mock  Turtle 


Gryphon 


Mock  Turtle 


We  had  the  best  of  educations  —  in  fact,  we  went  to  school 
every  day. 


i 

k 


h^^^^^^rr^rrf^y. 


^^'''^'^'^^^!^ 


W\     fc^-'^vrl^ir^^ 


/f 


m 

1 


t^ 


i 

m 
ii 

ii! 

pi 


aiice  in  caionoetlano 

Alice 


Certainly  not! 


Mock  Turtle 

Ah!    Then  yours  wasn't  a  really  good  school.    Now  at  ours 
they  had  at  the  end  of  the  bill,  Frenchj  music,  and  washing  — 


ip 

ill 

H 
jii 


r.v.  * 


Reeling  and  writhing,  of  course,  to  begin  with,,  and  then  the 
different  branches  of  Arithmetic  —  Ambition,  Distraction, 
Uglification,  and  Derision. 

Alice 
I  never  heard  of  Uglification.    What  is  it? 

Gryphon 

Never  heard  of  uglifying!  You  know  what  to  beautify  is,  I 
suppose? 

Alice 
to  —  make  —  anything  —  prettier. 

Gryphon 

Well  then,  if  you  don't  know  what  to  uglify  is,  you  are  a 
simpleton. 

■    [34] 


s 


i 


I 

I 


Mi      Yes,  it  means 

i 

i 


li 

i 
m 

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Ml 

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M 


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ly.vJ, 


I 


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I 

I 

li 

i 


Alice 

What  else  had  you  to  learn? 

Mock  Turtle  ^^^ 

Well,  there  was  Mystery;  Mystery,  ancient  and  modern,  with 
Seaography,  4hen  Drawling  —  the  Drawlitig-master  was  an 
old  conger  eel,  that  used  to  come  once  a  week;  whst$,  he 
taught  us  was  Drawling,  Stretching,  and  Fainting  in 
jCoils. 


What  was  that  like? 


Alice 


Mock  Turtle 


Fm  too  stiff.     And  the 


Well,  I  can't  show  it  you,  myself. 
Gryphon  never  learned  it. 

Gryphon 


Hadn't  time;  I  went  to  the  Classical  master,  though.    He  was 
an  old  crab,  he  was.  f 

Mock  Turtle 


I  never  went  to  him;  he  taught  Laughinj|  and  Grief^  they 
used  to  say.  ^ 


Gryphon 


So  he  did,  so  he  did. 


I 


m 


w 

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pi 

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aiice  In  COonDetlatiD 


P 


11 


.'— J, 

d 

(3! 


Alice 
And  how  many  hours  a  day  did  you  do  lessons? 

Mock  Turtle 
Ten  hours  the  first  day,  nine  the jiext,  and  so  on. 

Alice 
What  a  curious  plan! 

Gryphon 

That's  the  reason  they're  called  lessons,  because  they  lessen 
from  day  to  day. 

Alice 
Then  the  eleventh  day  must  have  been  a  holiday? 

Mock  Turtle 
Of  course  it  was. 

Alice 
And  how  did  you  manage  on  the  twelfth? 

Gryphon 

That's  enough  about  lessons,  tell  her  something  about  the 
games  now. 

[Mock  Turtle  sighs  deeply,  draws  back  of  one  flapper 
across  his  eyes.  He  looks  at  ALICE  and  tries  to  speak  but  sobs 
choke  his  voice.~\  ^   " 

[36] 


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ii 


Gryphon 

[Punching  him  in  the  back.~\ 
Ipame  as  if  he  had  a  bone  in  his  throat. 

Mock  Turtle 

[With  tears  running  down  his  cheeks.^ 
You  may  not  have  lived  much  under  the  sea  — 


gj      I  haven't. 


Alice 


Mock  Turtle 


And     perhaps    you     were    never    even     introduced     to 
lobster. 


I  once  tasted 


Alice 
no,  never! 

Mock  Turtle 


So  you  can  have  no  idea  what  a  delightful  thing  a  Lobster 
Quadrille  is. 

Alice 

No,  indeed.    What  sort  of  a  dance  is  it? 


'■ax 


m 


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m 
1 

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Mm  ' 

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ii 

pi 

Ii 
p 

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Gryphon 
Why,  you  first  form  into  a  line  along  the  seashore 

[37]     _^^^ 


Ml 
ji 


m 


wif    Two  lines;  seals,  turtles,  salmon,  and  so  on;  then,  when 
W^      cleared  all  the  jellyfish  out  of  the  way  — 


Gryphon 
That  generally  takes  some  time. 

»  Mock  Turtle 
You  advance  twice—     ' 

Gryphon 
Each  with  a  lobster  as  a  partner. 

Mock  Turtle 
Of  ^course,  advance  twice,  set  to  partners. 

Gryphon 
Change  lobsters,  and  retire  in  same  order. 

Mock  Turtle 
Then  you  know,  you  throw  the  — 

"Gryphon 


you 


ve 


i^i      The  lobsters! 

iS 


Mock  Turtle 


i      Asf 


ar  out  to  sea  as  you  can  — 

[38] 


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J 


^y 


fe^i^^^^^''  '  mitt  in  CiBonOctlanD/'^^ 


iii 


il 


M 

■ 

i 
i 


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Gryphon 
Swim  after  them !  . 

Mock  Turtle 
Turn  a  somersault  in  the  sea.  ^ 

Gryphon  >. 

Change  lobsters  again! 

Mock  Turtle 
Back  to  land  again,  and  —  that's  all  the  first  figure. ' 

V 

.Alice     . 
It  must  be  a  very  pretty  dance. 

Mock  Turtle 

» 

Would  you  like  to  see  a  little  of  it? 

"*  Alice     . 

Very  much  indeed. 

Mock  Turtle' 

Come,  let's  try  the  first  figure.    We  can  do  it  without  lobsters, 
you  know;  which  shall  sing? 

Gryphon 
Oh,  you  sing,  I've  forgotten  the  words. 

.    [39] 


9li«  in  gBonOctlanO 


\_Creatures  solemnly  dance  round  and  round  ALICE,  tread- 
W0^    /n^  on  her  toes,  waving  fore-paws  to  mark  time  while  MOCK 

^'^'     Turtle  sings,] 


First  ^Verse 

"  Will  you  walk  a  little  faster!  "said  a  whiting  to  a  snail, 
*'  There^s  a  porpoise  close  behind  us,  and  he's  treading  on 

my  tail. 
See  how  eagerly  the  lobsters  and  the  turtles  all  advance! 
They  are  waiting  on  the  shingle  —  will  you  come  and  join 

the  dance?  .^  ^ 

Will  you,  won't  you,  will  you,  won't  you,^'iMiU  you  join  the 

dance?  ^     ' 

Will  you,  won't  you,  will  you,  won't  you,  won't  you  join  the 

dance? 

Second  Verse 


jPj      "  You  can  really  have  no  notion  how  delightful  it  will  be 
i|3       When  they  take  us  up  and  throw  us,  with  the  lobsters, 


m 

:r.'j 

it 
II 

0, 

■ill 


out 


to  sea!" 
But  the  snail  replied,  "Too  far,  too  far!"  and  gave  a  look 

askance  — 
Said  he  thanked  the  whiting  kindly,  but  he  would  not  join 

the  dance.  >      -  ^  ^  •*  .*/ 

Would  not,  could  not,  would  not,  could  oot,  would  not  join 

the  dance. 
Would  not,  could  not,  would  not,  could  not,  ^l^ould  not  join 

the  dance. 

[40J 


i 


k 

•r— -I. 


fe 


m 

ii 


aiice  in  (KBonOerlanD 


\^The  creatures  dance  against  ALICE,  pushing  her  back  and   W/f>M 

fS^    forth  between  them.     She  protests  and  finally  escapes;  they 
bump  against  each  other. ^ 


m 

I 


■3\ 

11 


Alice 

Thank  you;  it's  a  very  interesting  dance  to  watch,  and  I  do 
so  like  that  curious  song  about  the  whiting. 

Mock  Turtle 
Oh,  as  to  the  whiting,  they  —  you've  seen  them,  of  course?  • 

•    Alice" 

Yes,  I've  of  ten  seen  them  at  din  — 
[^Checks  herself  hastily.^ 

Mock  Turtle 

I  don't  know  where  Din  may  be,  biit  if  you've  seen  them  so 
often,  of  course  you  know  what  they're  like. 

Alice 

I  believe  so,   they  have  their  tails  in  their  mouths  —  and 
they're  all  over  crumbs. 


Mock  Turtle 

•  f.v.M 

\}^^\  You're  wrong  about  the  crumbs,  crumbs  would  all  wash  off 
j^|!  in  the  sea.  But  they  have  their  tails  in  their  mouths;  and 
l^^l      the  reason  is  — 


i 


! 


m 

I 


pi 

m 

fcvli 


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I 


^ii:.i:ii^\^^jjjL^^  11?:  JS^lIijl?]^'^^ 


l; 

Mi 


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i! 


ii 


a 

m 


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fe 


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li 

i 


[Mock  Turtle  yawns  and  shuts  his  eyes.~\ 
Tell  her  about  the  reason  and  all  that. 

Gryphon 

The  reason  is,  that  they  would  go  with  the  lobsters  to  the     b 
dance.     So  they  got  thrown  out  to  sea.     So  they  had  to  fall      ' 
a  long  way.     So  they  got  their  tails  fast  in  their  mouths.    So 
they  couldn't  get  them  out  again.    That's  all.  — . 

Alice 

Thank  you,  it's  very  interesting.    I  never  knew  so  much  about 
a  whiting  before. 

Gryphon 

I  can  tell  you  more  than  that,  if  you  like.     Do  you  know 
why  it's  called  a  whiting? 

-  Alice 
I  never  thought  about  it.    Why? 

Gryphon 

It  does  the  boots  and  shoes. 

Alice 
Does  the  boots  and  shoes! 

Gryphon 

Why,  what  are  your  shoea  done  with?     I  mean,  what  makes 
them  so  shiny? 

[42] 


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P.V- 


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Si 

ji 

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Alice 
They're  done  with  blacking,  I  believe. 

Gryphon 

Boots  and  shoes  under  the  sea,  are  done  with  whiting.    Now 
you  know. 

Alice 
And  what  are  they  made  of? 

Gryphon 
Soles  and  eels,  of  course ;  any  shrimp  could  have  told  you  that. 

Alice 

If  I'd  been  the  whiting,  I'd  have  said  to  the  porpoise,  "  Keep 
back,  please;  we  don't  want  you  with  us." 

Mock  Turtle 

They  were  obliged  to  have  him  with  them,  no  wise  fish  would 
go  anywhere  without  a  porpoise. 


Wouldn't  it  really? 


Alice 


Mock  Turtle 


Of  course  not;  why  if  a  fish  came  to  me  and  told  me  he  was 
going  a  journey,  I  should  say,  "  With  what  porpoise?  "  ^ 

.  [43] 


'VfA 


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Mi 


P 


5  pi 
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II 


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:iijL\u:^\:jJ[iX:Ct.t.'. 


aiice  in  jeonDetlanO      '""^"^Ws^^M^^ 


M^ 


Alice 
Don't  you  mean  purpose? 

Mock  Turtle 
I  mean  what  I  say. 


Gryphon 

Shall  we  try  another  figure  of  the  Lobster  Quadrille?/^  Or 
would  you  like  the  Mock  Turtle  to  sing  you  a  song? 

[44] 


CV«**".i~^' 


aUce  in  (DQonDetlanD 


m 
m 


L 


i 

!i 


ii 


Alice 
Oh,  a  song  please,  if  the  Mock  Turtle  would  be  so  kind. 

Gryphon 

Uml     No  accounting  for  tastes!     Sing  her  **  Turtle  Soup," 
will  you,  old  fellow? 

Mock  Turtle 

\Sighs  deeply  and  sometimes  choked  with  sobs,  sings.~\ 

''  Beautiful  Soup,  so  rich  and  green. 
Waiting  in  a  hot  tureen! 
Who  for  such  dainties  would  not  stoop? 
Soup  of  the  evening,  beautiful  Soup! 
Soup  of  the  evening,  beautiful  Soup! 
Beau  —  ootiful  Soo  —  op. 
Beau  —  ootiful  Soo  —  oop, 
Soo  —  oop  of  the  e-e-evening. 
Beautiful,  beautiful  Soup." 

/  White  Rabbit 

[Enters,  stretching  out  a  red  and  white  checked  sash  with 


yp\       which  he  separates  ALICE  from  the  creatures.'] 
\M      Check! 

i^i  Mock  Turtle 

jjf^j      They  won't  let  her  stay  in  our  square. 

[45] 


1^ 


White  Rabbit 
The  Queen  is  coming  this  way. 

GrVphon 

She'll  chop  our  heads  off.    Come  on;  come  on,  lefs  fly! 

[The  Mock  Turtle  and  Gryphon  grab  Alice  and 
fly  into  the  air.'] 

CURTAIN 

[The    Curtain    rises    to    reveal   small   silhouettes    of   the 

Gryphon,  Mock  Turtle,  and  Alice  in  an  orange-colored 

moon  far  away  in  the  sky.  Down  below  the  WHITE  RABBIT 
is  shouting  to  them,  ''  You  II  be  safe  in  the  March  Harems 
garden/'] 

CURTAIN 


[46] 


M'»«»''^'!'.''«'"r;w^^'v 

i««.V,t*.;«ii.".V..<i'.',MK 


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fi 

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'Said 


W0 


aiice  in  COonDeclanD    '"'W^^^^^^^ 


ACT    II 
SCENE 


SrXi 


il 


a 


■'.1 

li 


I 

II 
ij 

li 

'Nj 


TA^'  March  Hare's  garden,  showing  part  of  the  Duchess' 
house.  On  a  small  platform  there  is  a  tea  table,  set  with 
many  cups,  continuing  into  wings  to  give  impression  of 
limitless  length.  TA^  MARCH  Hare,  HatTER,  and  DOR- 
MOUSE are  crowded  at  one  end.  ALICE  sits  on  the  ground 
where  she  has  been  dropped  from  the  sky.  Finding  herself 
not  bruised  she  rises  and  approaches  the  table. 

March  Hare  and  Hatter 
No  room !    No  room ! 

Alice 

There's  plenty  of  room! 

[^She  sits  in  a  large  armchair  at  one  end  of  the  table.^ 
I  don't  know  who  you  are. 

.    March  Hare 

I  am  the  March  Hare,  that's  the  Hatter,  and  this  is  the  Dor- 
mouse.    Have  some  wine? 


Alice' 


I  don't  see  any  wine. 


i^. 


J! 


I 


y3 

i 

Ni 

p 

P! 

i 

Pi 

HI 

HI 

I 

iii 

if-.,  f 


A^ 


aiice  in  COonDetlanO 


i 

f 

1 

i 


I 


March  Hare 
There  isn't  any. 

Alice 
Then  it  wasn't  very  civil  of  you  to  offer  it.  ^ 

March  Hare 
It  wasn't  very  civil  of  you  to  sit  down  without  being  invited. 

Alice 

I  didn't  know  it  was  your  table;  it's  laid  for  a  great  many 
more  than  three. 

Hatter 

Your  hair  wants  cutting. 

Alice 
You  should  learn  not  to  make  personal  remarks ;  it's  very  rude. 

Hatter 
Why  is  a  raven  like  a  writing-desk? 

Alice 

M       Come,  we  shall  have  some  fun  now  I    I'm  glad  you've  begun 
'0.       asking  riddles  —  I  believe  I  can  guess  that. 

m 

ip  March  Hare 


So  you  mean  that  you  think  you  can  find  out  the  answer  to  it? 

[48] 


m 


^ 


pi 
pi 

i 

m 


i- 


IP 
li 


il 

Am 


"^^^^^^0'  Mitt  in  (DBonpetlanB   '^^'^^^^^S^ 


S'^   Exactly  so 

1! 


Alice 


March  Hare 


j'|J^     Then  you  should  say  what  you  mean. 


i::: 


I  :-.:: 


Alice 

I  do;  at  least  —  at  least  I  mean  what  I  say  —  that's  the  same 
thing,  you  know. 

'  Hatter 

Not  the  same  thing  a  bit!  Why,  you  might  just  as  well  say 
that  ^'  I  see  what  I  eat "  is  the  same  thing  as,  "  I  eat  what 
I  see!" 

March  Hare 

You  might  just  as  well  say  that  '^  I  like  what  I  get,"  is  the 
same  thing  as  '^  I  get  what  I  like." 

^  Dormouse '^ 

You  might  just  as  well  say  that  ^'  I  breathe  when  I  sleep  "  is 
the  same  thing  as  ^^  I  sleep  when  I  breathe." 


m 


i  Hatter 

It  is  the  same  thing  with  you. 

[Takes  out  his  watch,  looks  at  it  uneasily,  shakes  it,  holds 
it  to  his  ear.~\ 

[49] 


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m 


m 


til 

I! 

••••il 

I 
11 

N 
pi 

i! 


ijI'ViTy  ■';yir»fw'^  ;',;r^';  ',;'.■  <  r;' ;)«''!  'U3i^ 


IB 

ii 


aiice  in  monHttlmn 


mm. 


What  day  of  the  month  is  it? 

Alice 
The  fourth. 

Hatter 
Two  days  wrong.    I  told  you  butter  wouldn't  suit  the  works! 

March  Hare 
I|  was  the  best  buttett  '  ^ 

;        ■  ^       Hatter  ^ 

Yes,  but  some  crumbs  must  have  got  in  as  well;  you  shouldn't 
have  put  it  in  with  the  bread-knife  — 

March  Hare 

[Takes  the  watch,  looks  at  it  gloomily,  dips  it  into  his 
cup  of  tea  and  looks  at  it  again  but  doesn't  know  what  else 
to  say.^ 
It  was  the  best  butter,  you  know. 

Alice 

What  a  funny  watch!     It  tells  the  day  of  the  month,  and 
doesn't  tell  what  o'clock  it  is. 

.• 

Hatter 


fm 


i 

I 


m 
m 


m 


#1 


m 
M 

iMi' 

ii 
il 

J. :■-•-■] 

lil 
iii 


Why  should  it?    Does  your  watch  tell  you  what  year  it  is? 


aiice  in  (KOIonDetlanli 


?^;,^??^; 


i 


Alice 


Of  course  not,  but  that's  because  it  stays  the  same  year  for  such 
a  long  time  together. 

Hatter 

Which  is  just  the  case  with  mine. 


! 


m 


m 


P 

m 

I 
I 

I 

ill 


P 

N 
i 

I 

ii 


^     Alice 

I  don't  quite  understand  you.v   What  you  said  had  no  sort  of 
meaning  in  it  and  yet  it  was  certainly  English, 

Hatter 

[Pouring  some  hot  tea  on  the  DORMOUSE'S  nose.'l 
The  Dormouse  is  asleep  again. 

Dormouse 

Of  course,  of  course,  just  what  I  was  going  to  remark  my- 
self. 

Hatter 

Have  you  guessed  the  riddle  yet? 

Alice 
No,  I  give  it  up,  what's  the  answer? 

Hatter 
I  haven't  the  slightest  idea. 


H 

I 
pi 
Pi 

i 

4 


>--<«as. 


SLHct  tn  (DSIonlietlanD 


11 
ill 

ii 


1^. 


iil 


i 


••--<  1 


Nor  I 


ii 
M 
i 
11. 


March  Hare 


Alice 


I  think  you  might  do  something  better  with  the  time,  than 
wasting  it  in  asking  riddles  that  have  no  answers. 

Hatter 

If  you  knew  Time  as  well  as  I  do,  you  wouldn't  talk  about 
wasting  it.    It's  him. 

Alice 
I  don't  know  what  you  mean. 

Hatter 
Of  course  you  don't.    I  dare  say  you  never  even  spoke  to  Time. 

Alice 

Perhaps  not,  but  I  know  I  have  to  beat  time  when  I  learn 
music. 

Hatter 

Ah,  that  accounts  for  it.  He  won't  stand  beating.  Now,  if 
you  only  kept  on  good  terms  with  him,  he'd  do  almost  anything 
you  liked  with  the  clock.  For  instance,  suppose  it  were  nine 
o'clock  in  the  morning,  just  time  to  begin  lessons.  You'd 
only  have  to  whisper  a  hint  to  Time,  and  round  goes  the  clock 
in  a  twinkling!    Half  past  one,  time  for  dinner. 

[5=] 


I 

I 

m 

m 


Ni 

i 

hi 
IN 

ll 


m 


^— j:r^ 


fj/i? 


Tf^v^. 


ipijl^^^^''''  •  aito  in  ffiaonoctlanp  ^  ' 


iiTj) 

«'      I  only  wish  it  was. 


ill 


a^ 


March  Hare 


Alice 


That  would  be  grand,  certainly,  but  then  —  I  shouldn't  be 
hungry  for  it,  you  know. 

Hatter 

Not  at  first,  perhaps,  but  you  could  keep  it  to  half  past  one  as 
long  as  you  liked. 

Alice 
Is  that  the  way  you  manage? 

Hatter 

Not  I,  we  quarreled  last  March  —  just  before  he  went  mad, 
you  know.  It  was  at  the  great  concert  given  by  the  Queen  of 
Hearts  and  I  had  to  sing. 

"  Twinkle,  twinkle,  little  bat! 
How  I  wonder  what  you're  at!  " 

You  know  the  song,  perhaps. 

Alice 
Fve  heard  something  like  it. 

Dormouse 
Twinkle,  twinkle,  twinkle  —  / 

[53] 


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ill 

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J3t'd^.'.'.'.;;u.i.>^i.'.'.tili><.',!*'.Iii'. 


if) 

In 

I 

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1 


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fe 


11 


m 

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lb 
I 

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ii 

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III 
■ 


Hatter 

Well,   I'd  hardly  finished  the  first  verse  when  the  Queen 
bawled  out,  "  He's  murdering  the  timel    Off  with  his  head!  " 


How  dreadfully  savage! 


Alice 


Hatter 


And  ever  since  that,  he  won't  do  a  thing  I  ask!    It's  always 
six  o'clock  now. 

Alice 
Is  that  the  reason  so  many  tea  things  are  put  out  here? 

Hatter 

Yes,  that's  it;  it's  always  tea  time,  and  we've  no  time  to  wash 
the  things  between  whiles. 

Alice 
Then  you  keep  moving  round,  I  suppose? 

Hatter 
Exactly  so,  as  the  things  get  used  up. 

Alice 
But  when  you  come  to  the  beginning  again? 

[54] 


1 

m 
i 

Jl 
ill 

f 

ml 


:  ',-■. 


^1 


m 


Pi 

m 

,  r.-.'.Vi  I 

M 
ifi 


March  Hare 

Suppose  we  change  the  subject.     I  vote  the  young  lady  tells 
us  a  story. 


Alice 


I'm  afraid  I  don't  know  one. 


March  Hare  and  Hatter 

Then  the  Dormouse  shall.    Wake  up  Dormouse. 
[They  pinch  him  on  both  sides  at  once.~\ 

Dormouse 

[Opens  his  eyes  slowly  and  says  in  a  hoarse,  feeble  voice.^ 
I  wasn't  asleep,  I  heard  every  word  you  fellows  were  saying. 


Tell  us  a  story. 
Yes,  please  do! 


March  Hare 


Alice 


Hatter 


And  be  quick  about  it,  or  you'll  be  asleep  again  before  it's 
done. 

Dormouse 

Once  upon  a  time  there  were  three  little  sisters,  and  their 

[55] 


i 


v*|f)  names  were  Elsie,  Lacie,  and  Tillie  and  they  lived  at  the  hot-   j 

f 


I 


V  torn  of  a  well 


Alice 


II      What  did  they  live  on? 


They  lived  on  treacle. 


Dormouse 


[56]. 


ss^^s^^^m. 


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ii 

i 


aiice  in  lOonnetlanD 


Alice 
They  couldn^t  have  done  that,  you  know,  they'd  have  been  ill.     \ 

Dormouse 
So  they  were,'i;^r};  ill. 

Alice 
But  why  di4  they  live  at  the  bottom  of  a  well?^ 

March  Hare 
Take  some  more  tea. 

Alice 
IVe  had  nothing  yet,  so  I  can't  take  more. 

Hatter 

You  mean,  you  can't  take  less;  it's  very  easy  to  take  more  than 
nothing. 

Alice 

Nobody  asked  your  opinion. 

Hatter 
Who's  making  personal  remarks  now? 

Alice  ' 


\IIelps  herself  to  tea  and  bread  and  butter.^ 
Why  did  they  live  at  the  bottom  of  a  well? 

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Dormouse 

^Takes  a  minute  or  two  to  think.^ 
It  was  a  treacle-Avell. 

Alice 
There's  no  such  thing  I 

Hatter  and  March  Hare 

Sh!    Sh! 

Dormouse 

If  you  can't  be  civil,  youM  better  finish  the  story  for  your- 
I     self. 

Alice 

[Very  humbly.^ 
No,  please  go  on.    I  won't  interrupt  you  again.    I  dare  say 
there  may  be  one. 

Dormouse 

One,  indeed !     And  so  these  three  little  sisters  —  they  were 
learning  to  draw,  you  know  x- 


Alice 


What  did  they  draw? 


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Hatter:    Your  hair  wants  cutting. 


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Hatter 
I  want  a  clean  cup.     Let's  all  mo^^  onejplace  on. 

[Hatter  moves  on,  Dormouse  takes  his  place,  March 

Hare  takes  Dormouse's  place  and  Alice  unwillingly  takes 

March  Hare's  place.]  '      ^ 

Alice 

I'm  worse  off  than  I  was  before.    You've  upset  the  milk  jug 
into  your  plate. 

March  Hare 
It  wasn't  very  civil  of  you  to  sit  down  without  being  invited. 

^  Alice;' 
Where  did  they  draw  the  treacle  from  ? 

Hatter 

You  can  draw  water  out  of  a  water  well,  so  I  should  think 
you  could  draw  treacle  out  of  a  treacle  well  — eh,  stupid? 

Alice 
But  they  were  in  the  well. 

Dormouse 

Of  course  they  were -well  in.    They  were  learning  to  draw    * 
and  they  drew  all  manner  of  things  -  everything  that  begins 
with  an  M-—  / 

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Dormouse 

\_fFakes  with  a  little  shriek  and  continues.^ 
—  that  begins  with  an  M,  such  as  mousetraps  and  the  moon 
and  memory  and  muchness  —  you  know  you  say  things  are- 
"  much  of  a  muchness  "  —  did  you  ever  see  such  a  thing  as  a 
drawing  of  a  muchness? 


Hatter 


Did  you? 


Alice 
Really  now  you  ask  me,  I  don't  think  — 


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Hatter 


i|;\^      Then  you  shouldn't  talk. 


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No! 


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March  Hare 


Alice 


\^Rises  and  walks  away.~\ 
You  are  very  rude.    It's  the  stupidest  tea  party  I  ever  was  at  in 
all  my  life  — 

[White  Rabbit  enters  carrying  a  huge  envelope  with  a 
seal  and  crown  on  itJ] 


March  Hare  and  Hatter 

No  room !  no  room ! 

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PI 

m 


'f.v.vj 

pi 
ipsi 

il 


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caionDetlanD 


iiji.U4>Jl 


'^gjg  [Rabbit  pays  no  attention  to  them  but  goes  to  the  house  and    'ii 


W0^    ^^/>J  loudly.    A  footman  in  livery  with  a  round  face  and  large 
'''"{n       ^y^^  ^ike  a  frog  and  powdered  hair  opens  the  doorJ\ 


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White  Rabbit 

For  the  Duchess.    An  invitation  from  the  Queen  to  play  cro- 
quet. 

Frog 

From  the  Queen.    An  invitation  for  the  Duchess  to  play  cro- 
quet. 

[White  Rabbit  hows  and  goes  out.] 

March  Hare  and  Hatter 

[To  White  Rabbit.] 
No  room!    No  room!    No  room! 

[The  Frog  disappears  into  the  house  but  leaves  the  door 
open.     There  is  a  terrible  din  and  many  sauce  pans  fly  out.] 


March  Hare 


She's  at  it  again. 


Hatter 


It's  perfectly  disgusting. 


March  Hare 

Let's  move  on. 

[The  platform  moves  off  with  table,  chairs,  MARCH  HarE, 

[62] 


?'<«'>; 


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f%^m    Hatter,  and  Dormouse.    Meanwhile  the  Frog  has  come  out   %^/4f^ 
'''"■'■^    again  and  is  sitting  near  the  closed  door,  staring  stupidly  at 


^ 


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the  sky.     Alice  goes  to  the  door  timidly  and  knocks.^ 

Frog 

There's  no  sort  of  use  in  knocking,  and  that  for  two  reasons : 
first,  because  Fm  on  the  same  side  of  the  door  as  you  are; 
secondly,  because  they're  making  such  a  noise  inside,  no  one 
could  possibly  hear  you. 

Alice 
Please  then,  how  am  I  to  get  in? 


m 


ii 


m 


Frog 

There  might  be  some  sense  in  your  knocking  if  we  had  the 
door  between  us.  For  instance,  if  you  were  inside,  you  might 
knock,  and  I  could  let  you  out,  you  know. 


How  am  I  to  get  in? 


Alice 


Frog 


I  shall  sit  here,  till  tomorrow. 

[^The  door  opens  and  a  large  plate  skims  out  straight  at  the 
Frog's  head;  it  grazes  his  nose  and  breaks  into  pieces.^ 

[Frog  acts  as  if  nothing  had  happened.l^ 
Or  next  day,  maybe. 

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How  am  I  to  get  in? 


Alice 


Frog 


Are  you  to  get  in  at  all?    That's  the  first  question,  you  know. 

Alice 

It's  really  dreadful  the  way  all  you  creatures  argue.     It's 
enough  to  drive  one  crazy. 

Frog 
I  shall  sit  here,  on  and  off,  for  days  and  days. 

Alice 
But  what  am  I  to  do? 

Frog 

Anything  you  like. 

[He  begins  to  whistle.^ 

Alice 
Where's  the  servant  whose  business  it  is  to  answer  the  door? 

Frog 
Which  door? 

Alice 
This  door,  of  course! 


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IN! 

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Jf-v.:;! 

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ij 
ji! 


Frog:   I  shall  sit  here  till  tomorrow. 


%:^^^^^^^^^ 


^W^^^^^^'''  '  aiice  in  caonDerlanD 

4       

[The  F^OG  looks  at  the  door,  and  rubs  his  thumb  on  it  to  '^Jj^^ 
WM,'P    see  if  the  paint  will  come  off.~\ 

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Frog 
To  answer  the  door?    What's  it  been  asking  for? 

Alice 
I  don't  know  what  you  mean. 


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I 


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n 

Pi 
I 

p! 

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aUce  in  monoetlano 


Frog 


I  speaks  English,  doesn't  I?    Or  are  you  deaf?    What  did  it 
ask  you? 

Alice 
Nothing!    Fve  been  knocking  at  it. 

Frog 

Shouldn't  do  that  —  shouldn't  do  that,  vexes  it,  you  know. 

[He  kicks  the  door.~\ 
You  let  //  alone,  and  itUl  let  you  alone,  you  know. 


ki 


Alice 

Oh,  there's  no  use  talking  to  you  — 

[She  starts  to  open  the  door  just  as  the  DuCHESS  comes  out 
carrying  a  pig  in  baby^s  clothes.  She  sneezes  —  FroG  sneezes 
and  Alice  sneezes.^ 

Duchess 

If  everybody  minded  her  own  business  — 
[She  sneezes,^ 


Alice 


It's  pepper. 


Duchess 

Of  course,  my  cook  puts  it  in  the  soup. 

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Wi'J 


Alice 
There's  certainly  too  much  pepper  in  the  soup. 

Duchess 

Sneeze  then  and  get  rid  of  it! 

[Duchess  begins  to  sing  to  the  baby,  giving  it  a  violent 
shake  at  the  end  of  every  line  of  the  lullaby.^ 

"  Speak  roughly  to  your  little  boy, 
And  beat  him  when  he  sneezes; 
[Frog  and  Alice  sneeze.'] 

He  only  does  it  to  annoy, 

Because  he  knows  it  teases. 
[Duchess  sneezes,  Frog  sneezes,  Alice  sneezes.] 
I  speak  severely  to  my  boy, 
I  beat  him  when  he  sneezes; 
[Frog  sneezes,  ALICE  sneezes.] 

For  he  can  thoroughly  enjoy 
The  pepper  when  he  pleases!  " 
'  [Duchess  sneezes,  Frog  sneezes,  Alice  sneezes.  Duchess 

gasps  and  gives  a  tremendous  sneeze.] 

Alice 

Oh  dear! 

\^She  jumps  aside  as  kettles  and  pots  come  flying  out  of  the 
door.    The  Duchess  pays  no  attention.] 
What  a  cook  to  have! 

\^She  calls  inside.] 
Oh!  please  mind  what  you're  doing! 

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[Another  pan  comes  out  and  almost  hits  the  baby.'] 
Oh!  there  goes  his  precious  nose! 

Duchess 

If  everybody  minded  her  own  business,  the  world  would  go 
round  a  deal  faster  than  it  does. 

Alice 

Which  would  not  be  an  advantage.  Just  think  what  work  it 
would  make  with  the  day  and  night!  You  see  the  earth  takes 
twenty-four  hours  to  turn  round  on  its  axis  — 

Duchess 
Talking  of  axes,  chop  off  her  head! 

[The  head  of  a  grinning  Cheshire  cat  appears  in  a  tree 
above  a  wall.] 


Oh,  what's  that? 
Cat,  of  course. 


Alice 


Duchess 


Auce 


Why  does  it  grin  like  that? 


Duchess 
It's  a  Cheshire  cat!  and  that's  wh}^     [To  baby.]     Pig! 

[68] 

I'M  Mill  V!"!'.i  ■'■'!(';■ 


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u 

m 

IP 
I 


DuCHEiSb:    i  speaic  severely  ro  my  Duy, 
I  beat  him  when  he  sneezes. 


^^ .     ^v^,..w.'.^.~.^....  .--      .  ..-         ..J--... 


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HI 

Pi 

I 


Alice 


ifl      I  didn't  know  that  Cheshire  cats  always  grinned;  in  fact,  I 
51       didn't  know  that  cats  could  grin. 

Duchess 
They  all  can  and  most  of  'em  do. 

Alice 
I  don't  know  of  any  that  do. 

Duchess 

^1  You  don't  know  much  and  that's  a  fact.    Here,  you  may  nurse 

pi  it  a  bit,  if  you  like! 

^§  [Flings  the  baby  at  ALICE.] 

•^j  I  must  go  and  get  ready  to  play  croquet  with  the  Queen. 

^j  [She  goes  into  the  house.^ 


Alice 

If  I  don't  take  this  child  away  with  me,  they're  sure  to  kill  it 
in  a  day  or  two.  Cheshire  Puss,  would  you  tell  me  please, 
which  way  I  ought  to  walk  from  here? 

Cat 
That  depends  a  good  deal  on  where  you  want  to  get  to. 

Alice 
I  don't  much  care  where  — 

[69] 


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C^onOetlanD 


Cat 


W^Il     Then  it  doesn't  matter  which  way  you  walk. 


Alice 


il^Jn      So  long  as  I  get  somewhere. 

m 


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Cat 


Oh,  you're  sure  to  do  that,  if  you  only  walk  long  enough. 

Alice 

Please,  will  you  tell  me  what  sort  of  people  live  about 
here? 

Cat 
All  mad  people. 

Alice 
But  I  don't  want  to  go  among  mad  people. 

Cat 

Oh,  you  can't  help  that;  we're  all  mad  here.  I'm  mad.  He's 
mad.  He's  dreaming  now,  and  what  do  you  think  he's  dream- 
ing about? 

Alice 

[Goes  to  the  FroG  to  scrutinize  his  face.'\ 
Nobody  could  guess  that. 

[70] 


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Cat 


Alice 


Why,  about  you!     And  if  he  left  off  dreaming  about  you,     \£4^^ 
where  do  you  suppose  youM  be?  |OT 

p 

i 

Ii 
1 


Where  I  am  now,  of  course. 


Cat 


Not  you.    You'd  be  nowhere.    Why,  you're  only  a  sort  of  thing 
in  his  dream;  and  you're  mad  too. 

Alice 
How  do  you  know  I'm  mad? 

Cat 
You  must  be,  or  you  wouldn't  have  come  here. 

Alice 
How  do  you  know  that  you're  mad? 

Cat 
To  begin  with,  a  dog's  not  mad.    You  grant  that? 

Alice 
I  suppose  so. 

Cat 

Well  then,  you  see  a  dog  growls  when  it's  angry,  and  wags  its 

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aitce  in  (DQonDetlanD 


W^m  tail  when  it's 


fjj  tail  when  it's  pleased.    Now  I  growl  when  I'm  pleased,  and 
^y  wag  my  tail  when  I'm  angry.    Therefore  I'm  mad. 


Ill 


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ii 


Ii 


Alice 
I  call  it  purring,  not  growling. 


^B 


Cat 

Call  it  what  you  like.    Do  you  play  croquet  with  the  Queen 
today? 

[72] 


pi 
I 

pi 

ij 
p 

ii 

P 

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1 

m 


WLontietlmtt     Z'*^ 


Alice 


a^'      I  should  like  it  very  much,  but  I  haven't  been  invited  yet. 


i 

ja*     You'll  see  me  there. 

fM  [Vanishes.] 

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Cat 


Alice 

ir-vJ  [To  squirming  baby.~\ 

^■^      Oh,  dear,  it's  heavy  and  so  ugly.    Don't  grunt  —  Oh  —  Oh  — 

Mt     it's  a  —  pig.    Please  Mr.  Footman  take  it! 

Frog 

^^  [Rises  with  dignity,  whistles  and  disappears  into  the  house; 

p        a  kettle  comes  bounding  out.     ALICE  puts  pig  down  and  it 


crawls  off,] 


Cat 


[Appearing  again.] 
By-the-bye,  what  became  of  the  baby? 


!j:^^|      It  turned  into  a  pig. 

Ill 

m 

1^1      I  thought  it  would. 
iP  [Vanishes.] 


Alice 


Cat 


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auce  in  monDerlanO 


•j}  goes.] 


[Frog  comes  out  of  the  house  with  hedgehogs  and  flamin- 


Cat 


[Reappearing.] 
Did  you  say  pig,  or  fig? 


Alice 


I  said  pig;  and  I  wish  you  wouldn't  keep  appearing  and  van- 
ishing so  suddenly;  you  make  one  quite  giddy. 

Cat 

All  right.      [//  vanishes  slowly.] 

[Frog  puts  flamingoes  down  and  reenters  house.     While 
■^fj      Alice  is  examining  the  flamingoes  curiously,  TWEEDLEDUM 
■^       and  TWEEDLEDEE,  each  with  an  arm  round  the  other's  neck, 
sidestep  in  and  stand  looking  at  ALICE.] 


I 


m 


[Turns,  sees 
whispers.] 
Tweedle  —  dee. 


Dum! 


Alice 

them,  starts   in   surprise   and   involuntarily 
DUM 


Dee 

If  you  think  we're  waxworks,  you  ought  to  pay. 

[74] 


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DUM 

Contrariwise,  if  you  think  we're  alive,  you  ought  to  speak. 

Dee 

The  first  thing  in  a  visit  is  to  say  ''  How  d'ye  do?  "  and  shake 
hands! 

[The  brothers  give  each  other  a  hug,  then  hold  out  the  two 
hands  that  are  free,  to  shake  hands  with  her.  ALICE  does  not 
like  shaking  hands  with  either  of  them  first,  for  fear  of  hurt- 
ing the  other  one's  feelings;  she  takes  hold  of  both  hands  at 
once  and  they  all  dance  round  in  a  ring,  quite  naturally  to 
music,  ^*  Here  we  go  round  the  mulberry  bush."^ 

Alice 
Would  you  tell  me  which  road  leads  out  of  — 

Dee 

What  shall  I  repeat  to  her? 

DUM 

The  ''  Walrus  and  the  Carpenter  "  is  the  longest. 
[Gives  his  brother  an  affectionate  hug.^ 

Dee 
The  sun  was  shining  — 

Alice 
If  it's  very  long,  would  you  please  tell  me  first  which  road  — 

[75] 


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Dee 
The  moon  was  shining  sulkily. 

DUM 

The  sea  was  wet  as  wet  could  be  — 

Dee 

O  Oysters,  come  and  walk  with  us 
The  Walrus  did  beseech  — 

DUM 

{Looks  at  Dee.] 

A  pleasant  walk,  a  pleasant  talk, 
Along  the  briny  beach  — 

Dee 

{Looks  at  DUM.] 

The  eldest  Oyster  winked  his  eye 
And  shook  his  heavy  head  — 

DUM 

{Looks  at  Dee.] 

Meaning  to  say  he  did  not  choose 
To  leave  the  oyster  bed. 

Dee 


But  four  young  Oysters  hurried  up 
And  yet  another  four  — 

[76] 

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DUM 

And  thick  and  fast  they  came  at  last, 
And  more,  and  more,  and  more  — 

Dee 

The  Walrus  and  the  Carpenter 
Walked  on  a  mile  or  so, 

DUM 

And  then  they  rested  on  a  rock 
Conveniently  low, 

Dee 

And  all  the  little  Oysters  stood 
And  waited  in  a  row. 

DUM 

"  A  loaf  of  bread,"  the  Walrus  said, 
*'  Is  what  we  chiefly  need. 

Dee 

Now  if  you're  ready,  Oysters  dear, 
We  can  begin  to  feed." 

DUM 

"  But  not  on  us  I  "  the  Oysters  cried, 
Turning  a  little  blue. 


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Dee 

"  The  night  is  fine,"  the  Walrus  said, 
"  Do  you  admire  the  view?  " 

DUM 

The  Carpenter  said  nothing  but 

"  Cut  us  another  slice. 
I  wish  you  were  not  quite  so  deaf  — 

IVe  had  to  ask  you  twice! " 

Dee 

"  It  seems  a  shame/'  the  Walrus  said, 
^'  To  play  them  such  a  tricky 

After  weVe  brought  them  out  so  far, 
And  made  them  trot  so  quick!  " 

DUM 

"  O,  Oysters,"  said  the  Carpenter, 
^^  YouVe  had  a  pleasant  run! 

Dee 
Shall  we  be  trotting  home  again?  " 

DUM 
But  answer  came  there  none  — 

Dee 
And  this  was  scarcely  odd,  because 


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DUM 

They'd  eaten  every 

Dee 


[Interrupts  in  a  passion,  pointing  to  a  white  rattle  on  the       \0}, 
ground.^     Do  you  see  that? 


It's  only  a  rattle 


Alice 


DUM 


[Stamps  wildly  and  tears  his  hair.^ 
I  knew  it  was !    It's  spoilt  of  course.    My  nice  new  rattle  I 
[To  Dee.]     You  agree  to  have  a  battle? 
[He  collects  sauce  pans  and  pots.~\ 

Dee 

[Picks  up  a  sauce  pan.]  I  suppose  so.  Let's  fight  till 
dinner. 

[They  go  out  hand  in  hand.~\ 

Alice 

[Hears  music]     I  wonder  what  is  going  to  happen  next. 

[She  backs  down  stage  respectfully  as  the  KiNG  and  QUEEN 
OF  Hearts  enter,  followed  by  the  KnAVE  OF  HEARTS  carrying 
the  King's  crown  on  a  crimson  velvet  cushion,  and  the  WHITE 
Rabbit  and  others.  When  they  come  opposite  to  ALICE  they 
stop  and  look  at  her.] 

[The  Duchess  comes  out  of  her  house.] 

[79] 


Queen 


[To  the  Knave.] 
Wfi      Who  is  this? 


m 


/3 


i 
i 


il 


i 


^  WMfi^fffvM 


Knave 

[jBoa«;j  //{r^^  times,  smiles  and  giggles,^ 

[80] 


"•If 


f 


m 

I 


m 

\*-'-\ 


n 


sisr^^s 


I 
il 

i. 

ji 


■«ti.'.' '. .  i.'.j  i.'.'..u.l.'J.!.lIjx!.lLUiLjJ.L;J^iAi', 


^Mtt  in  (DQouDetlanO 


yf'% 


Queen 


J<II'.'.!l'<!! 

If*' 


!i;®     Idiot!    What  s  your  name,  child? 

m!  Alice 

ij:W     My  name  is  Alice,  so  please  your  Majesty. 


'r3\ 


P 


iNi 


I 

lv.:}l 

II 

r 


m 


Queen 
Off  with  her  head!    Off  — 

Alice 

Nonsense! 

King 
Consider,  my  dear,  she  is  only  a  child. 

Queen 
Can  you  play  croquet? 

Alice 
Yes. 

Queen 
Come  on  then.    Get  to  your  places.    Where  are  the  mallets? 

Duchess 


Here. 


[The  Frog  appears  with  the  flamingoes  and  hedgehogs.^ 

[8i] 


, M 


i 


If 


:^l 


i 

i 
ill 

i 
id 


Knave 
Why  she ;  it's  all  her  fancy,  that.    They  never  execute  anyone. 


Alice 


What  does  one  do? 


Queen 

Get  to  your  places! 

[She  takes  a  flamingo,  uses  its  neck  as  a  mallet  and  a  hedge- 
hog as  a  ball.  The  FroG  doubles  himself  into  an  arch.  The 
King  does  the  same  with  the  followers  and  the  KNAVE  offers 
himself  as  an  arch  for  ALICE.  Even  though  ALICE  does  not 
notice  him  he  holds  the  arch  position.  The  QUEEN  shouts  at 
intervals,  ''Off  with  his  head,  off  with  her  head/'] 


Pk. 


Alice 
Where  are  the  Chess  Queens? 

[82] 


^ 


'4 


'■'■'J. 


m 

•fell 


■ 


P 


5!' 

1 


'i! 


iff'' 
rA\ 

m 

•i 


..-.vj 


11 


ii 


P 

ii 


EVii 
igl 

jh 
III 

f.V.J 

Ml 


Rabbit 
Under  sentence  of  execution. 

Alice 
What  for? 

Rabbit 
Did  you  say,  "  what  a  pity  "  ? 

Alice 

No,  I  didn't.  I  don't  think  it's  at  all  a  pity.  I  said,  ''  What 
for?  " 

Rabbit 

They  boxed  the  Queen's  ears. 

[Alice  gives  a  little  scream  of  laughter.'] 

Rabbit 

Oh,  hush  I  The  Queen  will  hear  you!  You  see  they  came 
rather  late  and  the  Queen  said  —  Oh  dear,  the  Queen  hears 
me  — 

\^He  hurries  away.] 

Alice 

[^Noticing  the  KNAVE  who  still  pretends  to  be  an  arch.] 
How  can  you  go  on  thinking  so  quietly,  with  your  head  down- 
wards? 

[83] 


•#/i 


i 


:^! 


P 

Ii 
Ni 

t...j, 

ii 
pi 

H 

f— -j' 

II 
I 


'^^'^^^^^'T^l^,^ 


aiice  in  monOetlanD 


m 


VA 


I 

fa 


m 

ii 


ill 
i 


i 

i 

l! 

i 

i 


Knave 

What  does  it  matter  where  my  body  happens  to  be?  My  mind 
goes  on  working  just  the  same.  The  fact  of  it  is,  the  more 
head  downwards  I  am,  the  more  I  keep  on  inventing  new 
things. 

King 

Did  you  happen  to  meet  any  soldiers,  my  dear,  as  you  came 
through  the  wood? 

Alice 
Yes,  I  did;  several  thousand  I  should  think. 

King 

Four  thousand,  two  hundred  and  seven,  that's  the  exact  num- 
ber. They  couldn't  send  all  the  horses,  you  know,  because  two 
of  them  are  wanted  in  the  game.  And  I  haven't  sent  the  two 
messengers,  either. 


What's  the  war  about? 


Alice 


King 


The  red  Chess  King  has  the  whole  army  against  us  but  he 
can't  kill  a  man  who  has  thirteen  hearts. 

[The  Duchess,  Queen,  Frog,  and  followers  go  out.  The 
Knave  and  the  Five-Spot,  Seven-Spot,  and  Nine-Spot  of 
Hearts  stand  behind  the  KING.] 

[84] 


k 

X3.\ 


Si 
I 

If""'! 

ill 

if-— )'» 

Ii 


f.'-'-A 


II 


m 

m 
■m 


King:   1  only  wish  i  had  such  eyes;  to  be  able 
to  see  Nobody! 


i 


i 


i 


i 


B^ 


aiice  in  (DQonDetlanO 


King 

Just  look  along  the  road  and  tell  me  if  you  can  see  either  of 
my  messengers. 


I  see  nobody  on  the  road. 


Alice 


King 


I  only  wish  I  had  such  eyes;  to  be  able  to  see  Nobody!  And 
at  that  distance  too!  Why,  it's  as  much  as  I  can  do  to  see  real 
people,  by  this  light. 

Alice 

I  see  somebody  now!  But  he's  coming  very  slowly  —  and 
what  curious  attitudes  he  goes  into  —  skipping  up  and  down, 
and  wriggling  like  an  eel. 

King 

Not  at  all,  those  are  Anglo-Saxon  attitudes.  He  only  does 
them  when  he's  happy.  I  must  have  two  messengers,  you 
know  —  to  come  and  go.    One  to  come  and  one  to  go. 


I  beg  your  pardon? 


It  isn't  respectable  to  beg. 


Alice 


King 


If  •■•I 

i 


B 

m 
m 


aUce  in  monDetlanD 


Wi ! 


m 
Pi 


m 


if 

m 

II 

ii 

P 
i 

ill 

m 

m 

ink 


Alice 

I  only  meant  that  I  didn't  understand.    Why  one  to  come  and 
one  to  go? 


King 

Don't  I  tell  you?    I  must  have  two  —  to  fetch  and  carry, 
to  fetch,  and  one  to  carry. 


One 


March  Hare 

[Efiters,  pants  for  breath  —  waves 
makes  fearful  faces  at  the  KiNG.] 


his  hands  about  and 


King 


You  alarm  me  I    I  feel  faint 
Another  sandwich! 


give  me  a  ham  sandwich. 


March  Hare 
There's  nothing  but  hay  left  now. 

King 
Hay,  then.    There's  nothing  like  eating  hay  when  you're  faint. 

Alice 
I  should  think  throwing  cold  water  over  you  would  be  better. 

King 

I  didn't  say  there  was  nothing  better;  I  said  there  was  nothing 
like  it. 

[86] 


f 


m 

IB 

1^ 


aiice  in  mont^ttlmt^ 


J' 

'Vffjh 

nil 
ml 
m 


If 


m 


B 


\~ 


i 


i 


ii 


King 
Who  did  you  pass  on  the  road? 

March  Hare 
Nobody. 

King 

Quite  right;  this  young  lady  saw  him  too.  So  of  course  No- 
body walks  slower  than  you. 

March  Hare 
I  do  my  best;  I'm  sure  nobody  walks  much  faster  than  I  do. 

King 

He  can't  do  that;  or  else  he'd  have  been  here  first.  However, 
now  you've  got  your  breath,  you  may  tell  us  what's  happened 
in  the  town. 

March  Hare 

I'll  whisper  it.  ^ 

[Much  to  Alice's  surprise,  he  shouts  into  the  KiNG'S  ear,'] 
They're  at  it  again! 

King 

Do  you  call  that  a  whisper?  If  you  do  such  a  thing  again,  I'll 
have  you  buttered.  It  went  through  and  through  my  head  like 
an  earthquake.    Give  me  details,  quick! 

[87] 


I 


m 


ill 

I 


11 

iN 

r.::i  \ 


aiice  in  ([OonOerlanD 


I 

i 


I 


If 
i 

Ml 

i 


[The  King  ^w^  March  Hare  go  out,  followed  by  Five,  j^ 
Seven,  ^w^  Nine  Spots.] 

Duchess 

[Rujis  in  and  tucks  her  arm  affectionately  into  ALICE'S.] 
You  can't  think  how  glad  I  am  to  see  you  again,  you  dear  old 
thing! 


i 


Oh  I 


Alice 


Duchess 


You're  thinking  about  something,  my  dear,  and  that  makes 
you  forget  to  talk.  I  can't  tell  you  just  now  what  the  moral  of 
that  is,  but  I  shall  remember  it  in  a  bit. 


Perhaps  it  hasn't  one. 


AUCE 


Duchess 


Tut,  tut,  child!    Everything's  got  a  moral,  if  only  you  can  find 
it. 

[Squeezes  closely,  digs  her  chin   into  ALICE'S  shoulder, 
and  roughly  drags  ALICE  along  for  a  walk.^ 

Alice 

The  game's  going  on  rather  better  now. 

[88] 


m 
m 


pp^Mei 


^?^--..^v4#^^Tr'v>?;^ 


aifce  in  saionnetlanD 


if 


I 


I 

'r.r/K 


Duchess 

"  Oh,  'tis  love,  'tis  love,  that 


'Tis  so,  and  the  moral  of  that  is 
makes  the  world  go  round !  " 


Alice 

Somebody  said,  that  it's  done  by  everybody  minding  their  own 
business. 

Duchess 

Ah,  well!  It  means  much  the  same  thing,  and  the  moral  of 
that  is  —  "  Take  care  of  the  sense,  and  the  sounds  will  take 
care  of  themselves." 

Alice 
How  fond  you  are  of  finding  morals  in  things. 

Duchess 

I  daresay  you're  wondering  why  I  don't  put  my  arm  round 
your  waist.  The  reason  is,  that  I'm  doubtful  about  the  temper 
of  your  flamingo.    Shall  I  try  the  experiment? 


He  might  bite. 


Auce 


Duchess 


Very  true ;  flamingoes  and  mustard  both  bite.    And  the  moral 
of  that  is  — ''  Birds  of  a  feather  flock  together." 

[89J 


m 

I 
■ 


I 


N 

m 

m 

i 
PI 


W^:i!«^'''  ■  ailce  in  (oaonDetlanD   '"'  ""^^^m^m 

V  jy — 


p 
m 


w 


I 


i 
I 


Alice 
Only  mustard  isn't  a  bird. 

Duchess 
Right,  as  usual;  what  a  clear  way  you  have  of  putting  things. 

AUCE 
It's  a  mineral,  I  think. 

Duchess 

Of  course  it  is ;  there's  a  large  mustard  mine  near  here.  And 
the  moral  of  that  is  —  "  The  more  there  is  of  mine,  the  less 
there  is  of  yours." 

Alice 
Oh  I  I  know,  it's  a  vegetable.  It  doesn't  look  like  one,  but  it  is. 

Duchess 

I  quite  agree  with  you,  and  the  moral  of  that  is  —  "  Be  what 
you  would  seem  to  be;  "  or,  if  you'd  like  it  put  more  simply, 
"  Never  imagine  yourself  not  to  be  otherwise  than  what  it 
might  appear  to  others  that  what  you  were  or  might  have  been 
was  not  otherwise  than  what  you  had  been  would  have  ap- 
peared to  them  to  be  otherwise." 


X>, 


W 
i 


^1 


i 


i! 
m 


I 


Alice 

I  think  I  should  understand  that  better  if  I  had  it  written       M 
down,  but  I  can't  quite  follow  it  as  you  say  it 

[90] 


Pi 


11 


111,, 


9 


m 


31 


That's  nothing  to  what  I  could  say  if  I  chose. 

Alice 
Pray  don't  trouble  yourself  to  say  it  any  longer  than  that. 

Duchess 

Oh,  don't  talk  about  trouble;  I  make  you  a  present  of  every- 
thing I've  said  as  yet. 


Uhm! 

Thinking  again? 

I've  got  a  right  to  think. 


Alice 


Duchess 


Alice 


Duchess 


Just  about  as  much  right  as  pigs  have  to  fly,  and  the  moral  — 

[The  arm  of  the  DuCHESS  begins  to  tremble  and  her  voice 

dies  down.     The  QUEEN  OF  HEARTS  stands  before  them  with 

folded  arms  and  frowning  like  a  thunderstorm,'] 


I 

Mi 
I 

m 


11 
I 

I 
pi 


*^i^5# 


SHiu  in  SiaionlietlanD 


i 


Queen 
Now,  I  give  you  fair  warning,  either  you  or  your  head  must 
be  off,  and  that  in  about  half  no  time.    Take  your  choice! 
\^The  Duchess  t/oes  meekly  into  the  house.~\ 


Queen 
Let's  go  on  with  the  game. 

[She  goes  off  and  shouts  at  intervals, 
off  with  her  head/^^ 

[92] 


Off  with  his  head; 


"mmmmxm 


r- - -J  I 

m 


aiice  in  iDQonOerlanD 


li 
i 

ii 


1^ 


m 


m 

I 

i 
I 

I 
II 

II 


How  are  you  getting  on? 


Cat 


Alice 


It's  no  use  speaking  to  you  till  your  ears  have  come.  I  don't 
think  they  play  at  all  fairly  and  they  all  quarrel  so  and  they 
don't  seem  to  have  any  rules  in  particular.  And  you've  no 
idea  hov^  confusing  it  is  v^ith  all  the  things  alive;  there's 
the  arch  I've  got  to  go  through  next  w^alking  about  at  the 
other  end  of  the  ground  —  and  I  should  have  croqueted  the 
Queen's  hedgehog  just  now,  only  it  ran  away  when  it  saw  mine 
coming. 

[Music  begins.^ 

Cat 
How  do  you  like  the  Queen? 

Alice 

Not  at  all ;  she's  so  extremely  — 

[The  King,  Queen  and  entire  court  enter.  The  QUEEN 
is  near  to  ALICE.  The  music  stops  and  all  look  at  ALICE  ques- 
tioningly.^ 

[Alice  tries  to  propitiate  the  QUEEN.] 
—  likely  to  win, 

[Music  continues.^ 
that  it's  hardly  worth  while  finishing  the  game. 

[Queen  smiles  and  passes  ow.] 

[93] 


ii 

i 
I 


I 


la 


M 
M 

I 

ii 

m 


nl 
'^^i 


]!m\ 


1^ 

ill 


aiice  in  iDQanDerlanD 


WM      Who  are  you  talking  to? 

m 


King 


i 


u 

fr::. 

ill 

l!-.v.1' 


if 


I 

ill 


It's  a  friend  of  mine 
duce  it. 


Alice 
a  Cheshire  Cat 

King 


allow  me  to  intro- 


I  don't  like  the  look  of  it  at  all;  however,  it  may  kiss  my  hand 
if  it  likes. 


I'd  rather  not. 


Cat 


King 


Don't  be  impertinent  and  don't  look  at  me  like  that. 

Alice 

A  cat  may  look  at  a  king.    I've  read  that  in  some  book,  but  I 
don't  remember  where. 

King 

Well,  it  must  be  removed.    My  dear!    I  wish  you  would  have 
this  cat  removed. 


Off  with  his  head! 


Queen 
[94] 


I 
li 


$, 


li 


[Ullj.iilUl'>li !  ■iii'.'i'il'.ijj.', 


m 

N 

pi 

i 

pi 

!(v.J 

il 

/Pi 


met  in  moitDetlanD    ^'^'^l^Mil^^ 


jn:^,..; 


m 
m 


i 
I 


m 


i 

i 

i 

ii 


Knave 

But  you  can't  cut  off  a  head  unless  there's  a  body  to  cut  it  off 
from. 

King 
Anything  that  has  a  head  can  be  beheaded. 

Queen 

If  something  isn't  done  about  it  in  less  than  no  time,  I'll  have 
everybody  executed,  all  round. 

Alice 
It  belongs  to  the  Duchess;  you'd  better  ask  her  about  it. 

Duchess 


It's  a  lie! 


Cat 


You'd  better  ask  me.    Do  it  if  you  can. 

[//   grins    away.     The    DuCHESS   and    FrOG    escape    into 
the  house.^ 


Cut  it  off! 


It's  gone. 


Queen 

King 

[95] 


I 

m 


Pi 


hi 
Ni 


I 

ij 

ia 

h 

ill 

H 
I 


f^^^^^'^^f^. 


auce  in  monOetlanD 


mi 

m 

ii 


Ij  Everybody 

It's  gone !    It's  gone  I   Where,  where,  where  — 

Queen 
Cut  it  off.    Cut  them  all  off! 


^3 


[^ 
e; 

ii 

iN 


3 


P 
illj 


ii 


No,  no,  no! 


Save  me,  save  me! 


Everybody 


Alice 


Knave 


\Shouts  to  Alice  and  gives  her  a  tart  for  safety.^ 
Take  a  tart! 

Queen 

[^Seeing  ALICE  stand  out  a  moment  from  the  others.^ 
Cut  hers  off!    Cut  hers  off! 

Others 

[Glad  to  distract  Queen'S  attention  from  themselves.] 
Cut  hers  off,  cut  hers  off,  cut  — 

Alice 

[Cries  in  fear  and  takes  a  quick  bite  at  the  tart.    If  there  is 
a  trap  door  on  the  stage  ALICE  disappears  down  it,  leaving  the 

C96] 


U 


i:::lt 


{fcv.* 


ifci 

•r— '» 

m 

If™?; 

M 
ii 

# 


^Jff^^i^if^ttr 


in  MlonDetlanD 


crowd  circling  around  the  hole  screaming  and  amazed.     If 


flMp  ^^^  stage  has  no  trap  door,  a  bridge  is  built  across  the  footlights 
\M\  with  stairs  leading  down  into  the  orchestra  pit.  When  the 
crowd  is  chasing  ALICE  she  jumps  over  the  footlights  onto  the 
bridge  and  as  the  curtain  is  falling  dividing  her  from  the  crowd 
she  appeals  to  the  audience,  *'  Save  me,  save  me,  who  will  save 
me? ''  and  runs  down  the  stairs  and  disappears.^ 


m 


CURTAIN 


1 

lii 


B 


I 


ei 

Ml 
Ni 

« 

Ml 

II 

i 

hi 


i 

m 


1;! 

I 

ji 

I 


ACT  III 

SCENE  ONE 

Is  a  garden  of  high,  very  conventional  and  artificial  looking 
flowers.  On  a  large  mushroom  sits  the  CATERPILLAR  smok- 
ing a  hookah,  ALICE  is  whirling  about  trying  to  get  her 
equilibrium  after  her  fall.  She  goes  to  the  mushroom  tim- 
idly and,  conscious  of  her  size,  for  her  chin  reaches  the  top 
of  the  mushroom,  she  gazes  at  the  CATERPILLAR  wonder- 
ingly.  He  looks  at  her  lazily  and  speaks  in  a  languid 
voice.'] 


Wno  are  you? 


Caterpillar 


Alice 


I  —  I  hardly  know,  sir,  just  at  present.  The  Queen  frightened 
me  so  and  I've  had  an  awfully  funny  fall  down  a  tunnel  or  a 
sort  of  well.  At  least  I  know  who  I  was  when  I  got  up  this 
morning,  but  I  think  I  must  have  been  changed  several  times 
since  then. 

Caterpillar 
What  do  you  mean  by  that?    Explain  yourself. 

[98] 


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m 

ti 


I 


I 


II.. .'i 
iv.-.vj 


!'r—i' 


aitce  In  jDQonDetlanli 


f» 


Alice 

I  can't  explain  myself,  I'm  afraid,  Sir,  because  I'm  not  myself, 
you  see.  Being  so  many  different  sizes  in  a  day  is  very  con- 
fusing. 


Caterpillar 


1 


I! 

I 


You!    Who  are  you? 


m 


i 


II 

ip 

Pi 

ill 

11 

m 
p 


SLlict  in  axtonOetlanD 

Alice 
I  think  you  ought  to  tell  me  who  you  are,  first. 

Caterpillar 

Why? 

\_As  Alice  turns  away.] 
Come  back.    I've  something  important  to  say. 

[Alice  comes  back.] 
Keep  your  temper. 


Is  that  all? 


No. 


Alice 


Caterpillar 


^He  puffs  at  the  hookah  in  silence;  finally  takes  it  out  of 
his  mouth  and  unfolds  his  arms.] 
So  you  think  you're  changed,  do  you? 

Alice 
I'm  afraid  I  am,  Sir;  I  don't  keep  the  same  size. 

Caterpillar 
What  size  do  you  want  to  be? 

Alice 

I  don't  know.    At  least  I've  never  been  so  small  as  a  cater- 
pillar. 

[loo] 


t'*^-.'.':':iif':nf:tttn^'^ 


aiice  in  (EOonDerlainti 


Caterpillar 


i 


4 


i 


m 


m 


\i 


m 


^ 

BM 


[Rears  angrily. 1 
It  is  a  very  good  height  indeed. 

Alice 

But  I'm  not  used  to  it;  I  wish  you  wouldn't  all  be  so  easily 
offended. 

Caterpillar 
You'll  get  used  to  it  in  time. 

Alice 

Are  you  too  big  or  am  I  too  small? 

[She    compares    her    height    wonderingly    with    the    tall 
flowers.^ 

Caterpillar 

[Looks  at  her  sleepily,  yamns,  shakes  himself,  slides  down 
from  the  mushroom  and  crawls  slowly  away.~\ 
One  side  will  make  you  grow  taller,  and  the  other  side  will 
make  you  grow  shorter. 

Alice 
One  side  of  what?    The  other  side  of  what? 


e 
ft 

I 
I 


m 
N 

pi 
iii 


i 

it 


I 


SLUtt  in  saiontietlans 


^^^1  [Alice  hesitates,  then  embraces  mushroom  and  picks  hit 

§i0r     /^o^  each  side.] 


\Three    gardeners    representing    spades    enter    carrying 
brushes  and  red  paint  cans.~\ 

Two-Spot 

Look  out  now,  Five.     Don't  go  splashing  paint  over  me  like 
that. 

Five-Spot 
I  couldn't  help  it.    Seven  jogged  my  elbow. 

Seven-Spot 
That's  right,  Five,  always  lay  the  blame  on  others. 

Five-Spot 

You'd  better  not  talk.     I  heard  the  Queen  say  only  yesterday 
you  deserved  to  be  beheaded. 

Two-Spot 
What  for? 

Seven-Spot 
That's  none  of  your  business,  Two. 

Five-Spot 

Yes,  it  is  his  business,  and  I'll  tell  him.     It  was  for  bringing 
the  cook  tulip  roots  instead  of  onions. 

[102] 


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m 

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i 

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pi 

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li 


aiice  In  ([OontietlanD 


Seven-Spot 

Well,  of  all  the  unjust  things  — 

[Sees  Alice;  others  look  around,  all  how.~\ 

Alice 

Could  you  please  tell  me  what  side  to  eat? 
[Five  and  Seven  look  at  Two.] 

Two-Spot 

I  don't  know  anything  about  it. 

[He  paints  a  white  rose,  red.^ 
You  ought  to  have  been  red,  we  put  you  in  by  mistake,  and  if 
the  Queen  was  to  find  it  out  we  should  all  have  our  heads 
cut  off. 

[A  thumping  is  heard  off  stage  and  the  music  grows  louder 
and  louder.^ 

Alice 
What's  that? 

Five- Spot 
The  White  Chess  Queen. 

Seven-Sjpot 
Don't  let  her  see  what  we  are  doing. 

Two- Spot 
She'll  tell  on  us. 

[103] 


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m 
m 

IRi 

I. v.:;! 

I 

If- "J, 

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Seven-Spot 
Run  out  and  stop  her  from  coming  here.  \'f^ 

n 

Five- Spot 

[To  Alice  as  she  runs  to  the  right.^ 
No,  no^  the  other  way. 

Alice 
But  she's  off  there! 

Two-Spot 
You  can  only  meet  her  by  walking  the  other  way. 

Alice 
Oh!  what  nonsense. 

All  the  Gardeners 
Go  the  other  way! 

Alice 

[Re-enters  in  dismay  and  dashes  out  to  the  left.^ 
She's  running  away  from  me. 

[The  White  Queen  backs  in  from  right  and  ALICE  backs 
in  from  left.  They  meet.  The  gardeners  cry  ''  The  Queen  " 
and  throw  themselves  flat  upon  the  ground;  their  backs  are 
like  the  backs  of  the  rest  of  the  pack.  Music  stops.  ALICE 
looks  at  the  QUEEN  curiously.^ 

[104] 


"^^^f  '    met  in  monDerlanD 


Alice 


■^ 


Oh,  there  you  are!    Why,  I'm  just  the  size  I  was  when  I  saw 
you  last. 

White  Queen 

Of  course  you  are,  and  who  are  these?     I  can't  tell  them  by 
their  backs. 

[She  turns  them  over  with  her  foot.] 
Turn  over.    Ah !  I  thought  so !    Get  up !    What  have  you  been 
doing  here? 

Two- Spot 
May  it  please  your  Majesty,  we  were  trying  — 

White  Queen 

[^Examines  rose.] 
I  see!    Begone,  or  I'll  send  the  horses  after  you,  and  tell  the 
Queen  of  Hearts. 

[Gardeners  rush  off.    The  Red  Queen  enters.   Alice  has 

\M\  gone  to  the  mushroom  again  to  look  at  its  sides  and  there  to 

ifVd}  her  amazement  finds  a  gold  crown  and  scepter,  which  she  im- 

jpj  mediately  appropriates.     Music.     The  QUEENS  watch  ALICE. 

|[v^  superciliously.     ALICE  puts  on  her  crown,  proudly  exclaim- 

jiv/^i  ing  in  great  elation,  *'  Queen  Alice,"  and  walks  down  stage 

IM  bowing  right  and  left  to  the  homage  of  imaginary  subjects. 

jf^ji  She  repeats  as  if  scarcely  daring  to  believe  it  true,  '^  Queen 

lE?!  Alice."    Music  stops.] 

P  [los] 


p. 

il 
i 

P 


i 
I 


^-^S^;'^ 


aiice  in  iSEtonDetlano 


mil 

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m 
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m 


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Red  Queen 
Ridiculous!    * 

Alice 
Isn't  this  the  Eighth  Square? 

Red  Queen 

You  can't  be  a  Queen,  you  know,  till  you've  passed  the  proper 
examination. 

White  Queen 
The  sooner  we  begin  it,  the  better. 

Alice 
Please,  would  you  tell  me  — 

Red  Queen 
Speak  when  you're  spoken  to. 

Alice 

But  if  everybody  obeyed  that  rule,  and  if  you  only  spoke 
when  you  were  spoken  to,  and  the  other  person  always  waited 
for  you  to  begin,  you  see  nobody  would  ever  say  anything,  so 
that  —  \ 


Preposterous. 


Red  Queen 


[io6] 


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aitce  in  COonDetlanD 


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Alice 
I  only  said  "  if." 

Red  Queen 
She  says  she  only  said  "  if." 

White  Queen 

\^Moan5  and  wrings  her  hands.~\ 
But  she  said  a  great  deal  more  than  that.    Ah,  yes,  so  much 
more  than  that. 

Red  Queen 

So  you  did,  you  know;  always  speak  the  truth  —  think  before 
you  speak  —  and  write  it  down  afterwards. 


i 

m 


Alice 


I'm  sure  I  didn't  mean  — 


Red  Queen 

That's  just  what  I  complained  of.  You  should  have  meant! 
What  do  you  suppose  is  the  use  of  a  child  without  any  mean- 
ing? Even  a  joke  should  have  some  meaning —  and  a  child's 
more  important  than  a  joke,  I  hope.  You  couldn't  deny  that, 
even  if  you  tried  with  both  hands. 

Alice 

I  don't  deny  things  with  my  hands. 

[107] 


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Pi 

B 


aiice  it!  iJDQDttOerlanD 


lijX.tJutjij.' 


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Red  Queen 
Nobody  said  you  did.    I  said  you  couldn't  if  you  tried. 

White  Queen 

She's  in  that  state  of  mind,  that  she  wants  to  deny  something  — 
only  she  doesn't  know  what  to  denyl 

Red  Queen 

A  nasty,  vicious  temper.    I  invite  you  to  Alice's  dinner  party 
this  afternoon. 

White  Queen 

And  I  invite  you. 

Alice 

I  didn't  know  I  was  to  have  a  party  at  all;  but  if  there  is  to 
be  one,  I  think  I  ought  to  invite  the  guests. 

Red  Queen 

We  gave  you  the  opportunity  of  doing  it,  but  I  dare  say  youVe 
not  had  many  lessons  in  manners  yet. 

Alice 

Manners  are  not  taught  in  lessons;  lessons  teach  you  to  do 
sums,  and  things  of  that  sort. 

White  Queen 

Can  you  do  addition?    What's  one  and  one  and  one  and  one 
and  one  and  one  and  one  and  one  and  one  and  one? 

[io81 


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li 

W 


m 


pi 

B 

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IP 

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aUce  in  monUtlann 


Alice 


I  don't  know.    I  lost  count. 


Red  Queen 

She  can't  do  addition;  can  you  do  subtraction?    Take  nine 
from  eight. 

Alice 
Nine  from  eight  I  can't,  you  know,  but  — 


l^^< 


Ipll 

fei 


ir 


,va 


m 
\m 


i 
Ilk 


White  Queen 

She  can't  do  subtraction.     Can  you  do  division?     Divide  a 
loaf  by  a  knife  —  what's  the  answer  to  that? 


I  suppose 


Alice 


Red  Queen 


l^Answers  for  her.~\ 
Bread  and  butter,  of  course.     Try  another  subtraction  sum. 
Take  a  bone  from  a  dog;  what  remains? 

Alice 

The  bone  wouldn't  remain,  of  course,  if  I  took  it  —  and  the 
dog  wouldn't  remain;  it  would  come  to  bite  me  —  and  I'm 
sure  I  shouldn't  remain. 

[109] 


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Hi 


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aitce  in  ^OonDetlanO 


Red  Queen 
Then  you  think  nothing  would  remain? 

Alice 
I'^m      I  think  that's  the  answer. 

Red  Queen 
Wrong  as  usual ;  the  dog's  temper  would  remain. 

Alice 
But  I  don't  see  how  — 

Red  Queen 
Why,  look  here;  the  dog  would  lose  its  temper,  wouldn't  it? 

Alice 
Perhaps  it  would. 

Red  Queen 
Then  if  the  dog  went  away,  its  temper  would  remain! 

Alice 

They  might  go  different  ways!    What  dreadful  nonsense  we 
are  talking. 

Both  Queens 


\m\      She  can't  do  sums  a  bit! 

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aiice  in  COonDetlanD 


"'V  I'.  I'.'.'.  !'.['.>'         .ftk> 


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f-;.^ 


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Alice 
Can  j'OM  do  sums? 

White  Queen 

I  can  do  addition,  if  you  give  me  time  —  but  I  can't  do  sub- 
traction under  any  circumstances. 

Red  Queen 
Of  course  you  know  your  A,  B,  C? 

Alice 
To  be  sure  I  do. 

White  Queen 

So  do  I ;  we'll  often  say  it  over  together,  dear.  And  I'll  tell 
you  a  secret — I  can  read  words  of  one  letter.  Isn't  that 
grand?  However,  don't  be  discouraged.  You'll  come  to  it 
in  time. 

Red  Queen 
Can  you  answer  useful  questions?    How  is  bread  made? 

Alice 
I  know  that/    You  take  some  flour  — 

White  Queen 
Where  do  you  pick  the  flower?    In  a  garden  or  in  the  hedges? 

[Ill] 


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Alice 
Well,  it  isn't  picked  at  all.    It's  ground  — 

White  Queen 

How  many  acres  of  ground?    You  mustn't  leave  out  so  many 
things. 

Red  Queen 

Fan  her  head!    She'll  be  feverish  after  so  much  thinking. 

{They  fan  her  with  hunches  of  leaves  which  blow  her  hair 
wildly.^ 


Please  —  please  — 


Alice 


Red  Queen 


She's  all  right  again  nov^.    Do  you  know^  languages?    What's 
the  French  for  fiddle-de-dee? 

Alice 
Fiddle-de-dee's  not  English. 

Red  Queen 
Who  ever  said  it  v^as? 

Alice 

If  you  tell  me  what  language  fiddle-de-dee  is,  I'll  tell  you  the 
French  for  it! 


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Red  Queen 
Queens  never  make  bargains! 

Alice 
I  wish  Queens  never  asked  questions! 

White  Queen 
Don't  let  us  quarrel;  what  is  the  cause  of  lightning? 

Alice 

The  cause  of  lightning  is  the  thunder  —  no,  no!  I  meant  the 
other  way. 

Red  Queen 

It's  too  late  to  correct  it;  when  youVe  once  said  a  thing,  that 
fixes  it,  and  you  must  take  the  consequences. 

White  Queen 
We  had  such  3.  thunderstorm  next  Tuesday,  you  can't  think. 

Red  Queen 

She  never  could,  you  know. 

White  Queen 

Part  of  the  roof  came  off,  and  ever  so  much  thunder  got  in  — 
and  it  went  rolling  round  the  room  in  great  lumps  —  and 
knocking  over  the  tables  and  things  —  till  I  was  so  frightened, 
I  couldn't  remember  my  own  name! 

[113] 


I 

Ni 

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B 
Pi 

PI 
li 

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Bi 


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M 


aiice  in  COonQetlanD 


Alice 


I  never  should  try  to  remember  my  name  in  the  middle  of  an 
accident.    Where  would  be  the  use  of  it? 

Red  Queen 

You  must  excuse  her.  She  means  well,  but  she  can't  help  say- 
ing foolish  things,  as  a  general  rule.  She  never  was  really  well 
brought  up,  but  it's  amazing  how  good  tempered  she  is! 
Pat  her  on  the  head,  and  see  how  pleased  she'll  be!  A  little 
kindness  and  putting  her  hair  in  papers  would  do  wonders 
with  her. 

White  Queen 

[Gives  a  deep  sigh  and  leans  her  head  on  ALICE'S  shoul- 
der.^ 
I  am  so  sleepy! 


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ii 

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II 
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Red  Queen 

She's  tired,  poor  thing;  smooth  her  hair 
cap  —  and  sing  her  a  soothing  lullaby. 

Alice 


lend  her  your  night 


I  haven't  got  a  night  cap  with  me,  and  I  don't  know  any  sooth- 
ing lullabies. 


Red  Queen 


I  must  do  it  myself,  then. 


[114] 


hi 

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M 
M 

N 
f.-.ji 

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ill 

11 


„ „.M.-y  :j 


Alice:    Do  wake  up,  you  heavy  things 


r>rrrfff?^^^rTr^ 


aitce  in  iDQonDetlanD 


Hush-a-by  lady,  in  Alice's  lap! 
Till  the  feast's  ready,  we've  time  for  a  nap ; 
When  the  feast's  over,  we'll  go  to  the  ball  — 
Red  Queen  and  White  Queen  and  Alice  and  all! 

And  now  you  know  the  words, 

[She  puts  her  head  on  ALICE'S  other  shoulder.'] 
Just  sing  it  through  to  me.    I'm  getting  sleepy  too. 

[Both  queens  fall  fast  asleep  and  snore  loudly.] 

Alice 

What  am  I  to  do?    Take  care  of  two  Queens  asleep  at  once? 
Do  wake  up,  you  heavy  things! 

[All  lights  go  out,  leaving  a  mysterious  glow  on  ALICE  and 
ip^      the  queens.] 

White  Rabbit 

j  [Blows  trumpet  off  stage.] 

i||[     The  trial's  beginning! 


I 

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mi 


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ijJJ.'_._ijJ.'.'.Ll.X'. 


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aUce  in  iCiElonOetlanD 


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IP 


White  Rabbit 
YouVe  got  to  be  tried. 

Alice 
I  don't  want  to  be  tried. 

White  Rabbit 
YouVe  got  to  be  tried. 

Alice 
il       I  won't  be  tried  —  I  won't  —  I  won't! 


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I 


SCENE  TWO 

Is  a  court  room  suggesting  playing  cards.  The  jurymen  are  all 
kinds  of  creatures.  The  KiNG  and  QUEEN  OF  HEARTS  are 
seated  on  the  throne.  The  KNAVE  is  before  them  in  chains. 
The  White  Rabbit  has  a  trumpet  in  one  hand,  and  a  scroll 
of  parchment  in  the  other.  In  the  middle  of  the  court 
stands  a  table  with  a  large  dish  of  tarts  upon  it. 

White  Rabbit 

\^Blows  three  blasts  on  his  trumpet.~\ 
Silence  in  the  court! 

Alice 

[Watches  jurymen  writing  busily  on  their  slates.^ 
What  are  they  doing?    They  can't  have  anything  to  put  down 
yet,  before  the  trial's  begun. 

[ii6] 


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.^y^f  aUce  in  JDBonDetlanD 


Knave 

They're  putting  down  their  names  for  fear  they  should  forget 
them  before  the  end  of  the  trial. 


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I 
I 

I 
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Stupid  things! 


Silence  in  the  court! 


Alice 


White  Rabbit 


Jurors 


\Write  in  chorus.^ 
Stupid  things! 

One  Juror 
How  do  you  spell  stupid? 

Alice 
A  nice  muddle  their  slates  will  be  in  before  the  trial's  over. 

Queen 
There's  a  pencil  squeaking.    Cut  it  down! 

Jurors 

[In  chorus  as  they  write.~\ 
Squeaking  — 

[117] 


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King 

[Wears  a  crown  over  his  wig;  puts  on  his  spectacles  as  he 
says.^ 
Herald,  read  the  accusation! 


White  Rabbit 

[Blows   three   blasts   on   his   trumpet,  unrolls  parchment 
scroll  and  reads  to  music.^ 

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The  Queen  of  Hearts,  she  made  some  tarts, 

All  on  a  summer  day; 
The  Knave  of  Hearts,  he  stole  those  tarts, 

And  took  them  quite  away! 

King 
Consider  your  verdict! 

White  Rabbit 
Not  yet,  not  yet;  there's  a  great  deal  to  come  before  that. 

King 
Call  the  first  witness. 

White  Rabbit 
First  witness! 

Hatter 

\_Comes  in  with  a  teacup  in  one  hand  and  a  piece  of  bread 
and  butter  in  the  other.^ 

I  beg  your  pardon,  your  Majesty,  for  bringing  these  in,  but  I 
hadn't  quite  finished  my  tea  when  I  was  sent  for. 

King 
You  ought  to  have  finished;  when  did  you  begin? 

Hatter 

[Looks  at  the  MARCH  HarE,  who  follows  him  arm-in-arm 

with  the  Dormouse.] 

[119] 


\--^A 


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pi 


•  Mi 

Ni 

m 
k 

i 
i 

mi 

m 

Ml 


Fourteenth  of  March,  I  think  it  was. 

March  Hare 
Fifteenth. 

Dormouse 
Sixteenth. 

King 
Write  that  down. 

Jury 
Fourteen,  fifteen,  sixteen  —  forty-five.     Reduce  that  to  shil- 


lings  — 

Take  off  your  hat. 

It  isn't  mine. 

Stolen/ 

Stolen! 


King 


Hatter 


King 


Jury 


Hatter 

I  keep  them  to  sell.    IVe  none  of  my  own.    I'm  a  hatter. 

[120] 


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[Pw/j  ow  /j^r  spectacles  and  stares  at  HaTTER,  who  fidgets 
uncomfortably  .^ 


Give  your  evidence  and  don't  be  nervous,  or  I'll  have  you  exe- 
cuted on  the  spot. 

\The  Hatter  continues  to  shift  nervously  from  one  foot 
to  the  other,  looks  uneasily  at  the  QUEEN^  trembles  so  that  he      ^^ 
shakes  off  both  of  his  shoes,  and  in  his  confusion  bites  a  large      jj^i^ 
piece  out  of  his  teacup  instead  of  the  bread  and  butter.^ 

Hatter 
I'm  a  poor  man,  your  Majesty,  and  I  hadn't  but  just  begun     ^^j 

<?■•■•• 

•  r.".v«» 

H 
pi 


my  tea  —  not  above  a  week  or  so  —  and  what  with  the  bread 
and  butter  getting  so  thin  —  and  the  twinkling  of  the  tea 


King 


The  twinkling  of  what? 


It  began  with  the  tea. 


Hatter 


King 


Of  course  twinkling  begins  with  a  T.    Do  you  take  me  for  a 
dunce?    Go  on! 

[121] 


I 
% 

m 

Ni 
m 


aiice  in  COonDetlanti 


Hatter 

WM"    I'm  a  poor  man  and  most  things  twinkled  after  that 
Wa\      the  March  Hare  said  — 

m 

m\  March  Hare 


You  did. 


I  deny  it. 


Hatter 


March  Hare 


King 


Sm      He  denies  it;  leave  out  that  part. 

Queen 


But  what  did  the  Dormouse  say? 

Hatter 
That  I  can't  remember. 

King 
You  must  remember  or  I'll  have  you  executed. 

Hatter 


m 


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m 


i 

i 


[Drops  teacup  and  bread  and  butter  and  goes  down  on  one 
knee.~\ 

[122] 

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^^^'v''^';Virw»'''*Trrrr''^''r/iVnr»;;Vi»f'i23S3^ 


^^0^^^^  '  '  Slice  in  (KaonOetlanO    '' ' '''  ^^^^^^^^S^ 


U'm«<  J—.~i^»-A  •<'••••«'<• 


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'^M  I'm  a  poor  man,  your  Majesty. 


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King 
If  that's  all  you  know  about  it  you  may  stand  down. 

Hatter 
I  can't  go  no  lower;  I'm  on  the  floor  as  it  is. 

King 
Then  you  may  sit  down. 

Hatter 
I'd  rather  finish  my  tea. 

King 

You  may  go. 

[The  Hatter  goes  out  hurriedly,  leaving  one  of  his  shoes 
behind.~\ 

Queen 

[Nonchalantly  to  an  officer.^ 
And  just  take  his  head  off  outside. 

[But  the  Hatter  was  out  of  sight  before  the  officer  could 
get  to  the  door.^ 


\M      Call  the  next  witness! 


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King 

[123] 


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White  Rabbit 

Next  witness! 

[The  Duchess  enters  with  a  pepper  pot,  which  she  shakes 
about.  Everybody  begins  to  sneeze,  MARCH  HarE  sneezes 
and  rushes  out.^ 

King 
Give  your  evidence  1 

Duchess 
Shan't! 

White  Rabbit 
Your  Majesty  must  cross-examine  this  witness. 

King 

Well,  if  I  must,  I  must.    What  does  your  cook  say  tarts  are 
made  of? 

Duchess 

Pepper. 

[The  Duchess  shakes  the  pot  and  the  court  sneezes.^ 

Dormouse 

Treacle! 

\^The  Duchess  shakes  the  pot  at  him.  He  sneezes  for  the 
first  time.l 

[124] 


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Queen 

Collar  the  Dormouse!  Behead  the  Dormouse!  Turn  that 
Dormouse  out  of  court!  Suppress  him!  Pinch  him!  Off 
with  his  whiskers! 

[^The  whole  court  is  in  confusion,  turning  the  DORMOUSE 
out,  and  while  it  is  settling  down  again  the  DuCHESS  disap- 
pear s.~\ 


White  Rabbit 


The  Duchess! 


She's  gone  —  she's  gone. 


Court 


King 


Never  mind! 

[/«  a  low  tone  to  the  QUEEN.] 
Really,  my  dear,  you  must  cross-examine  the  next  witness.    It 
quite  makes  my  forehead  ache!    Call  the  next  witness! 

White  Rabbit 

[Fumbles  with  the  parchment,  then  cries  in  a  shrill  little 
voice.'] 
Alice! 


Here! 


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Alice 


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aiice  in  COonDetlanD 


WM'^    What  do  you  know  about  this  business? 

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Alice 


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King 


[To  the  jury.~\ 
That's  very  important. 


White  Rabbit 
f/wimportant,  your  Majesty  means,  of  course. 

King 

L^wimportant,  of  course  I  meant.     Important  —  unimportant 
—  unimportant —  important.     Consider  your  verdict! 


[Some   of  the  jury   write 
unimportant/*^ 


important**  and  some  write 


White  Rabbit 

There's  more  evidence  to  come  yet,  please  your  Majesty;  this 
paper  has  just  been  picked  up. 


Queen 


What's  in  it? 


White  Rabbit 

[Fumbles  with  a  huge  envelope.~\ 

[126] 


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aitce  in  ^OonDetlanD 


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If.  .v.! 


I  haven't  opened  it  yet,  but  it  seems  to  be  a  letter,  written  by 
the  prisoner  to  —  to  somebody. 

King 

It  must  have  been  that  unless  it  w^as  v^ritten  to  nobody,  w^hich 
isn't  usual,  you  know. 

Alice 

Who  is  it  directed  to? 

White  Rabbit 

It  isn't  directed  at  all;  in  fact,  there's  nothing  written  on  the 
outside. 

[^Takes  out  a  tiny  piece  of  paper. ^ 
It  isn't  a  letter  at  all ;  it's  a  set  of  verses. 

Queen 

Are  they  in  the  prisoner's  handwriting? 
[The  jury  brightens  up.^ 

White  Rabbit 

[Looks  at  the  KnAVE's  hand.     KNAVE  hides  his  hand;  the 
chains  rattle.^ 
No,  they're  not,  and  that's  the  queerest  thing  about  it. 

[The  jury  looks  puzzled.^ 

King 

He  must  have  imitated  somebody  else's  hand! 

[127] 


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Knave 


I 


I'      Please,  your  Majesty,  I  didn't  write  it  and  they  can't  prove  I 
did ;  there's  no  name  signed  at  the  end. 

King 


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If  you  didn't  sign  it  that  only  makes  the  matter  worse.  You 
must  have  meant  some  mischief,  or  else  you'd  have  signed  your 
name  like  an  honest  man. 

\^At  this  there  is  a  general  clapping  of  hands.~\ 


That  proves  his  guilt. 


Queen 


Alice 


It  proves  nothing  of  the  sort !    Why,  you  don't  even  know  what 
they're  about. 


W\      Read  them! 


King 


White  Rabbit 


l^Puts  on  his  monocle.^  i 

Where  shall  I  begin,  please  your  Majesty? 

King 

Begin  at  the  beginning  and  go  on  till  you  come  to  the  end,  then 
stop. 

[128] 


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White  Rabbit 


"  They  told  me  you  had  been  to  her, 
And  mentioned  me  to  him; 
She  gave  me  a  good  character, 
But  said  I  could  not  swim. 

*'  I  gave  her  one,  they  gave  him  two, 
You  gave  us  three  or  more; 
They  all  returned  from  him  to  you, 
Though  they  were  mine  before. 

"  My  notion  was  that  you  had  been 
(Before  she  had  this  fit) 
An  obstacle  that  came  between 
Him,  and  ourselves,  and  it. 

"  Don't  let  him  know  she  liked  him  best, 
For  this  must  ever  be 
A  secret,  kept  from  all  the  rest. 
Between  yourself  and  me." 

King 

That's  the  most  important  piece  of  evidence  we've  heard  yet; 

so  now  let  the  jury  — 

ft 
Alice 

If  anyone  of  them  can  explain  it,  I'll  give  him  sixpence.     I 
don't  believe  there's  an  atom  of  meaning  in  it. 

[129] 


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Jury 
She  doesn't  believe  there's  an  atom  of  meaning  in  it. 

King 

If  there's  no  meaning  in  it,  that  saves  a  world  of  trouble,  you 
know,  as  we  needn't  try  to  find  any.    And  yet  I  don't  know. 

[^Spreads  out  the  verses  on  his  knee  and  studies  them.^ 
I  seem  to  see  some  meaning  after  all.     "  Said  I  could  not 
swim."    You  can't  swim,  can  you? 

Knave 

[Shakes  his  head  sadly  and  points  to  his  suit.^ 
Do  I  look  like  it? 

King 

All  right,  so  far;  "We  know  it  to  be  true,"  that's  the  jury, 
of  course;  "  I  gave  her  one,  they  gave  him  two"  why  that 
must  be  what  he  did  with  the  tarts,  you  know  — 

Alice 
But  it  goes  on  "  they  all  returned  from  him  to  youf' 

King 

[^Triumphantly  pointing  to  the  tarts.~\ 
Why,   there  they  are!     Nothing  can  be  clearer  than  that. 
Then  again,  "  before  she  had  this  fit,"  you  never  had  fits,  my 
dear,  I  think? 

[130] 


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m 


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il 

Ml 

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11 


PI 
pi 

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aiice  in  monOetlanD 


m     Never! 

m 


Queen 


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I 
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M 

i 


King 


Then  the  words  don't  fit  you. 


l^There  is  dead  silence,  while  the  KiNG  looks  around 
IM\      ^h^  court  with  a  smile.'] 


King 

It's  a  pun! 

[Everybody  laughs.     Music] 

King 
Let  the  jury  consider  their  verdict. 

Queen 
No,  no!     Sentence  first  —  verdict  afterwards. 


Stuff  and  nonsense! 


[Furiously.] 
Hold  your  tongue! 


Alice 


Queen 


I  won't! 

'vJ^;,v;Vv»~— IBaK 


V'>7,^> 


M 


aiice  in  laionoetlanli   '     ''^'^r^^^^\^^^% 


Off  with  her  head! 


Queen 


Si 


ipyi      Who  cares  for  you? 


ii 

I! 


I 


Cut  it  off  I 


Alice 


Queen 


Alice 


You're  nothing  but  a  pack  of  cards ! 

\_As  lights  go  out  and  curtain  falls  all  the  characters  hold 
their  positions  as  if  petrified.^ 

CURTAIN 


SCENE  THREE 

[The  curtain  rises  to  show  ALICE  still  asleep  in  the  arm- 
chair, the  fire  in  the  grate  suffusing  her  with  its  glowJ\ 

Carroll 


k 


1^^ 


\f-:.'\ 


Wake  up,  Alice,  it  is  time  for  tea. 

[Off  stage  the  characters  repeat  their  most  characteristic 
lines,  ''  Off  with  her  head,"  ""  Consider  your  verdict,"  ""  Oh! 
my  fur  and  whiskers  " ;  the  DuCHESS  sneezes,  the  cat  cries, 

[132] 

j^^ 

!/■!  l/.ijj.u.'.'.i;)xL:uJiixi.L!jL::^j;v 


7' 


W^^0^''       aiice  in  faonDerlanD 


as  if  the  characters  were  fading  away  into  the  pack  of  real   )j 


playing  cards  which  shower  through  the  mirror  all  over  ALICE.    'Vtefji 
There  is  music.^  ' 


m 


Alice 

[Wakes,  rises,  and  looks  about  in  surprise  and  wonder- 
ment.^ 
Why it  was  a  dream ! 


i^?| 


"m 


I 
li 

Si 
m 


CURTAIN 


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[133] 


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